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Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School District #51's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year, Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School District #51 took in $109 million and spent $122 million.

Latest recorded yearComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money91%County and local tax money5.7%Fines and other2.1%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)1.0%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

91%

of Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School District #51's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 59%.

Fees for services1.0%

Fees for services
1.0%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$510 thousand
  • Other school charges$304 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$261 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$213 thousand

State tax money91%

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

From the state
91%$99.4 million

County and local tax money5.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
5.7%$6.3 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$2.2 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges97%Sent to other local governments2.7%Interest on debt<0.1%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$119 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$119 million
Sent to other local governments
2.7%$3.3 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$3.3 million
Interest on debt
<0.1%$70 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School District #51. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file.

What this covers. The money of Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School District #51 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.