School district · Brookings County, SD

Brookings School District 5-1's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Brookings School District 5-1 took in $52.6 million and spent $101 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money47%School district taxes45%Fines and other4.7%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.9%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

44%

of Brookings School District 5-1's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes45%

Property tax
44%$23.4 million
Other taxes
1.0%$540 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Public utility taxes$517 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.9%

Fees for services
2.9%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; school tuition and transportation and 1 more
  • School lunches$1.1 million
  • School tuition and transportation$212 thousand
  • Other school charges$189 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%$10 thousand

State tax money47%

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

From the state
47%$24.6 million

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.1%$61 thousand

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other
4.2%$2.2 million
Fines
0.5%$260 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Interest on debt3.6%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$97.6 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$97.6 million
Interest on debt
3.6%$3.6 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$20 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$20 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Brookings School District 5-1. 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 Brookings School District 5-1 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.