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Sealy Independent School District 902's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended August 31, 2023), Sealy Independent School District 902 took in $44.4 million and spent $37.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended August 31, 2023Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money48%School district taxes43%Fines and other6.0%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.9%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

43%

of Sealy Independent School District 902's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes43%

Property tax

43%$19.0 million

Fees for services2.9%

Fees for services

2.9%$1.3 million

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

Other school charges$781 thousand
School lunches$487 thousand
School tuition and transportation$36 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%$56 thousand

State tax money48%

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

From the state

48%$21.4 million

Fines and other6.0%

Interest, rents and other

5.6%$2.5 million

Fines

0.4%$189 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges93%Interest on debt6.1%Sent to other local governments0.8%

What stands out

6.1%

of Sealy Independent School District 902's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students spends 0.9%.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

93%$35.1 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$35.1 million

Interest on debt

6.1%$2.3 million

Sent to other local governments

0.8%$315 thousand

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

Sent to school districts$315 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sealy Independent School District 902. 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 Sealy Independent School District 902 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.