School district · Jefferson County, WI

Watertown Unified Joint School District 1's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Watertown Unified Joint School District 1 took in $65.5 million and spent $66.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money69%School district taxes23%Fines and other3.6%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.1%County and local tax money2.1%Federal tax money0.4%

What stands out

69%

of Watertown Unified Joint School District 1's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes23%

Property tax
23%$14.9 million

Fees for services2.1%

Fees for services
2.1%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$800 thousand
  • Other school charges$483 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$118 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.4%

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

From the federal government
0.4%$293 thousand

State tax money69%

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

From the state
69%$45.1 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%$1.4 million

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$2.4 million
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges88%Sent to other local governments11%Interest on debt0.5%

What stands out

11%

of Watertown Unified Joint School District 1'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
88%$58.5 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$58.5 million
Sent to other local governments
11%$7.5 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government; sent to school districts and 1 more
  • Sent to the state government$4.1 million
  • Sent to school districts$3.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$344 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$303 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Watertown Unified Joint School District 1. 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 Watertown Unified Joint School District 1 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.