School district · Dane County, WI

Deforest Area School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Deforest Area School District took in $80.7 million and spent $68.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money56%School district taxes36%Fines and other3.5%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.2%County and local tax money2.1%

What stands out

36%

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

School district taxes36%

Property tax
36%$29.3 million

Fees for services2.2%

Fees for services
2.2%$1.8 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$1.2 million
  • Other school charges$561 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money56%

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

From the state
56%$45.0 million

County and local tax money2.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.1%$1.7 million

Fines and other3.5%

Interest, rents and other
3.5%$2.8 million
Fines
<0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges90%Interest on debt6.3%Sent to other local governments3.9%

What stands out

6.3%

of Deforest Area School District'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
90%$61.4 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$61.4 million
Interest on debt
6.3%$4.3 million
Sent to other local governments
3.9%$2.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to the state government and 1 more
  • Sent to school districts$1.7 million
  • Sent to the state government$638 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$318 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Deforest Area School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Deforest Area School District 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.