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Selah School District 119's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended August 31, 2023), Selah School District 119 took in $68.7 million and spent $66.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money85%School district taxes12%Fines and other1.1%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)0.9%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

85%

of Selah School District 119's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes12%

Property tax

12%$8.5 million

Other taxes

<0.1%$68 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes

Public utility taxes$68 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.9%

Fees for services

0.9%$647 thousand

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

Other school charges$563 thousand
School tuition and transportation$70 thousand
School lunches$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money85%

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

From the state

85%$58.6 million

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.2%$165 thousand

Fines and other1.1%

Interest, rents and other

1.1%$751 thousand

Fines

<0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Interest on debt4.1%Sent to other local governments<0.1%

What stands out

4.1%

of Selah School District 119'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

96%$64.0 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$64.0 million

Interest on debt

4.1%$2.8 million

Sent to other local governments

<0.1%$64 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government

Sent to the state government$64 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Selah School District 119. 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 Selah School District 119 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.