School district · Thurston County, WA

Yelm School District 2's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended August 31, 2023), Yelm School District 2 took in $110 million and spent $110 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money79%School district taxes17%Fines and other1.5%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)1.2%Federal tax money0.8%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

79%

of Yelm School District 2's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes17%

Property tax
17%$18.9 million

Fees for services1.2%

Fees for services
1.2%$1.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$800 thousand
  • School lunches$453 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$46 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.8%

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

From the federal government
0.8%$898 thousand

State tax money79%

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

From the state
79%$86.8 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%$173 thousand

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$1.6 million
Fines
<0.1%$18 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Interest on debt3.5%Sent to other local governments1.0%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$105 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$105 million
Interest on debt
3.5%$3.9 million
Sent to other local governments
1.0%$1.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$1.1 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Yelm School District 2. 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 Yelm School District 2 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.