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PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT finances

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PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

School district in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia City County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); enrollment 118,335.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$1.6 billionT
Charges and fees$9.7 millionA
Other general revenue$378.8 millionU
From the federal government$87.0 millionB
From the state government$3.2 billionC
From local governments$400.5 millionD
Spending: current operations$4.4 billionE
Spending: construction$335.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$169.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$619.2 millionL M Q S
General revenue$5.6 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$4.9 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$3.3 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Elem Sec Educ$4.7 billion

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$3.1 billion
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$342.7 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$177.0 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$3.3 billion
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$399.0 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$87,000
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$9.6 million
B89Federal IG Other$87.0 million
C89State IG Other$3.2 billion
D11School Intergovernmental - Interschool System$377.4 million
D89Local IG Other$23.0 million
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$4.4 billion
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$335.2 million
I89General Interest on Debt$169.1 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$49.6 million
Q12Elem Sec Educ-State IG to Sch Dists (Was this ever decided?)$569.6 million
T01Property Tax$1.0 billion
T09Total General Sales Taxes$476.4 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$1.2 million
T99Taxes, NEC$66.3 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$4,000
U20Interest Earnings$63.0 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$20.4 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$295.3 million

Source: State and local government finances 2024, annual survey sample of units (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 425101118545.