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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Waunakee Community School District took in $90.3 million and spent $144 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money49%School district taxes36%Fines and other7.3%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)4.7%County and local tax money2.6%Federal tax money0.4%

What stands out

7.3%

of Waunakee Community School District's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 3.2%.

School district taxes36%

Property tax
36%$32.4 million

Fees for services4.7%

Fees for services
4.7%$4.3 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$2.9 million
  • Other school charges$1.3 million
  • School tuition and transportation$19 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%$349 thousand

State tax money49%

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

From the state
49%$44.3 million

County and local tax money2.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.6%$2.3 million

Fines and other7.3%

Interest, rents and other
7.3%$6.6 million
Fines
<0.1%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges95%Interest on debt4.2%Sent to other local governments0.7%

What stands out

4.2%

of Waunakee Community School District's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students spends 0.9%.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
95%$137 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$137 million
Interest on debt
4.2%$6.0 million
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$1.0 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to the state government and 1 more
  • Sent to school districts$510 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$386 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$121 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Waunakee 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 Waunakee 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.