School district · Eau Claire County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Eau Claire Area School District took in $196 million and spent $214 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money66%School district taxes27%Fines and other4.1%County and local tax money1.7%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)1.6%

What stands out

66%

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

School district taxes27%

Property tax

27%$52.7 million

Fees for services1.6%

Fees for services

1.6%$3.2 million

What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more

School lunches$2.1 million
Other school charges$1.1 million
School tuition and transportation$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government

<0.1%$26 thousand

State tax money66%

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

From the state

66%$129 million

County and local tax money1.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.7%$3.2 million

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other

4.0%$7.9 million

Fines

<0.1%$31 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges93%Sent to other local governments4.6%Interest on debt2.7%

What stands out

4.6%

of Eau Claire Area School District's spending goes to local governments.Most school districts with 5,000 to 25,000 students spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

93%$199 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$199 million

Sent to other local governments

4.6%$9.8 million

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to the state government and 1 more

Sent to school districts$7.0 million
Sent to the state government$2.2 million
Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$540 thousand

Interest on debt

2.7%$5.7 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire 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.