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Spring Ford Area School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Spring Ford Area School District took in $203 million and spent $205 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

School district taxes72%State tax money22%Fines and other3.0%Fees for services (school lunches)1.4%County and local tax money1.1%Federal tax money<0.1%

What stands out

63%

of Spring Ford Area School District's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 29%.

School district taxes72%

Property tax
63%$128 million
Individual income tax
7.3%$14.8 million
Other taxes
1.8%$3.6 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and public utility taxes
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$3.4 million
  • Public utility taxes$120 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.4%

Fees for services
1.4%$2.9 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches and other school charges
  • School lunches$2.2 million
  • Other school charges$626 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
<0.1%$153 thousand

State tax money22%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
22%$45.4 million

County and local tax money1.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.1%$2.2 million

Fines and other3.0%

Interest, rents and other
3.0%$6.0 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges95%Sent to other local governments3.3%Interest on debt1.5%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
95%$195 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$195 million
Sent to other local governments
3.3%$6.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to school districts$6.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$7 thousand
Interest on debt
1.5%$3.0 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Spring Ford Area School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Spring Ford Area School District itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.