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Sun Prairie Area School District 2's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Sun Prairie Area School District 2 took in $170 million and spent $155 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money59%School district taxes35%Fines and other2.1%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.0%County and local tax money1.9%

What stands out

35%

of Sun Prairie Area School District 2's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 29%.

School district taxes35%

Property tax

35%$58.9 million

Fees for services2.0%

Fees for services

2.0%$3.4 million

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

School lunches$1.8 million
Other school charges$1.6 million
School tuition and transportation$46 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money59%

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

From the state

59%$101 million

County and local tax money1.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.9%$3.3 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other

2.1%$3.6 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges90%Interest on debt6.7%Sent to other local governments3.1%

What stands out

6.7%

of Sun Prairie Area School District 2's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students spends 2.3%.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

90%$140 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$140 million

Interest on debt

6.7%$10.3 million

Sent to other local governments

3.1%$4.7 million

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

Sent to school districts$2.7 million
Sent to the state government$1.2 million
Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$831 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sun Prairie Area School District 2. 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 Sun Prairie Area 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.