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Port Aransas Independent School District 908's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended August 31, 2023), Port Aransas Independent School District 908 took in $18.1 million and spent $45.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended August 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

School district taxes69%Fines and other24%State tax money4.8%Fees for services (school lunches)1.9%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

22%

of Port Aransas Independent School District 908's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 3.2%.

School district taxes69%

Property tax
69%$12.6 million

Fees for services1.9%

Fees for services
1.9%$337 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches and other school charges
  • School lunches$198 thousand
  • Other school charges$139 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government
0.1%$22 thousand

State tax money4.8%

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

From the state
4.8%$871 thousand

Fines and other24%

Interest, rents and other
22%$4.0 million
Fines
2.0%$354 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments64%Schools and colleges32%Interest on debt3.8%

What stands out

64%

of Port Aransas Independent School District 908's spending goes to local governments.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students spends 1.3%.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
64%$29.4 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to school districts
  • Sent to the state government$29.3 million
  • Sent to school districts$20 thousand
Schools and colleges
32%$14.5 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$14.5 million
Interest on debt
3.8%$1.7 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Port Aransas Independent School District 908. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended August 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Port Aransas Independent School District 908 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.