What proportion of property taxes in the US go to public schools?
I’m interested in your local area, your state, or if you have it, national information.
Thanks, but no thanks, in advance to all who have an opinion on the wisdom of taxing property, or on the quality of public schools.
Yes, thanks, I know the rate varies by location. As I stated, I’m looking for information about your rate, or the average for your state, or for the whole US. That presupposes that it varies by locality, you see. Or don’t.
It varies from town to town. I hate to say it, but I think your question has too wide of a range to really give you any information. After all, some areas of the country have regional school districts (Massachusetts where I live is one example of that) where a school can serve more than one community in addition to having it’s own school. I live in a town that is part of a 4 town regional middle/high school, and each town has it’s own elementary school. Taking into account each town in America, and each state, and the US in whole, I don’t think you can really get a % of the property taxes that go to school budgets.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:55 pm
It varies from town to town. I hate to say it, but I think your question has too wide of a range to really give you any information. After all, some areas of the country have regional school districts (Massachusetts where I live is one example of that) where a school can serve more than one community in addition to having it’s own school. I live in a town that is part of a 4 town regional middle/high school, and each town has it’s own elementary school. Taking into account each town in America, and each state, and the US in whole, I don’t think you can really get a % of the property taxes that go to school budgets.
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