LWSD 2020-2021 Operating Budget
Salary Expenditures - $286,864,775
Benefit Expenditures - $108,794,649
Salary & Benefits - $395,659,424
Total Expenditures - $461,523,257 (includes salaries and benefits)
86% of the Operating Budget is Salary & Benefits.
"Generally speaking, a school district spends between 80 and 85 percent of its entire budget on salaries and benefits, meaning only 15 to 20 percent remains to address all of the rest of the budget's priorities and needs." - www. aasa.org "School Budget 101." Our District appears well-managed.
LWSD has 30,500 students according to Dr. Holmen. The cost to educate each student is $15,131.
Is the Administration Leadership Team top-heavy and over paid? Of interest, 5% of District revenue is consumed by the Leadership Team.
- Bob Yoder, 1/27/2022, Sources: Public Record Request / Superintendent Barbara Posthumous, CFO.
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