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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Medford Area School District took in $52.1 million and spent $49.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money52%County and local tax money32%School district taxes12%Fines and other2.3%Fees for services (school lunches)1.2%Federal tax money0.6%

What stands out

32%

of Medford Area School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 1.1%.

School district taxes12%

Property tax

12%$6.2 million

Fees for services1.2%

Fees for services

1.2%$634 thousand

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

School lunches$490 thousand
Other school charges$144 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.6%

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

From the federal government

0.6%$308 thousand

State tax money52%

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

From the state

52%$27.3 million

County and local tax money32%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

32%$16.5 million

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other

2.3%$1.2 million

Fines

<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Sent to other local governments3.7%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

96%$47.8 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$47.8 million

Sent to other local governments

3.7%$1.8 million

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out; sent to school districts and 1 more

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$973 thousand
Sent to school districts$454 thousand
Sent to the state government$420 thousand

Interest on debt

<0.1%$7 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Medford 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 Medford 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.