School district · Sumter County, SC

Sumter School District 1's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year, Sumter School District 1 took in $241 million and spent $218 million.

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Where it comes from

State tax money73%School district taxes22%Fines and other2.9%County and local tax money1.7%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)0.9%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

73%

of Sumter School District 1's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes22%

Property tax

22%$52.2 million

Fees for services0.9%

Fees for services

0.9%$2.3 million

What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school tuition and transportation and 1 more

Other school charges$1.8 million
School tuition and transportation$259 thousand
School lunches$154 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government

0.3%$679 thousand

State tax money73%

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

From the state

73%$175 million

County and local tax money1.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.7%$4.1 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other

2.9%$7.1 million

Fines

<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt1.3%Sent to other local governments0.1%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

99%$215 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$215 million

Interest on debt

1.3%$2.8 million

Sent to other local governments

0.1%$237 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts

Sent to school districts$237 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sumter School District 1. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file.

What this covers. The money of Sumter School District 1 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.