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Portage Community School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Portage Community School District took in $38.8 million and spent $43.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money64%School district taxes26%County and local tax money3.8%Fines and other3.7%Fees for services (school lunches)2.2%

What stands out

64%

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

School district taxes26%

Property tax
26%$10.1 million

Fees for services2.2%

Fees for services
2.2%$862 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches
  • Other school charges$469 thousand
  • School lunches$393 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money64%

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

From the state
64%$25.0 million

County and local tax money3.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.8%$1.5 million

Fines and other3.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$1.4 million
Fines
<0.1%$14 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges91%Sent to other local governments8.6%

What stands out

8.6%

of Portage Community School District's spending goes to local governments.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students spends 1.3%.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
91%$40.0 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$40.0 million
Sent to other local governments
8.6%$3.8 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Sent to school districts$2.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$996 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$609 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Portage Community 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 Portage Community 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.