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South Texas Independent School District 916's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended August 31, 2023), South Texas Independent School District 916 took in $101 million and spent $90.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money49%School district taxes42%Fines and other8.1%Fees for services (school lunches)0.6%Federal tax money0.4%

What stands out

42%

of South Texas Independent School District 916's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes42%

Property tax

42%$42.2 million

Fees for services0.6%

Fees for services

0.6%$622 thousand

What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches

School lunches$622 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.4%

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

From the federal government

0.4%$397 thousand

State tax money49%

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

From the state

49%$49.2 million

Fines and other8.1%

Interest, rents and other

7.3%$7.3 million

Fines

0.8%$837 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt0.4%Sent to other local governments0.2%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

99%$89.6 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$89.6 million

Interest on debt

0.4%$345 thousand

Sent to other local governments

0.2%$162 thousand

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

Sent to school districts$162 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

South Texas Independent School District 916. 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 South Texas Independent School District 916 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.