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Assessed valuation 2010–2011

Assessed valuation is the taxable portion of the market value of real estate and/or personal property, such as cars or boats. SSD encompasses all of St. Louis County and the portion of Jefferson County served by Rockwood School District. SSD’s countywide status allows the district to use the total assessed valuation of the area within its boundaries in determining its tax rate. For 2010–2011, the valuation of the area within the district’s boundaries is $23,436,158,055.

SSD tax rate 2011–2012

By state law, residential property is assessed at 19 percent of its market value. This means that taxes paid to SSD on a home valued at $100,000 would be $178.30 annually based on the estimated 2010–2011 tax rate of 99.50 cents per $100 assessed valuation. As with assessed valuation, the SSD tax rate applies to property in St. Louis County and the portion of Jefferson County served by Rockwood School District.

(0.19 x $100,000 x 0.9950) = $189.05
$100

SSD Staff

	Total Staff	Teacher-level	Para-level	Other
2001–2002	4,337	2,553	1,411	373
2002–2003	4,451	2,611	1,493	347
2003–2004	4,633	2,679	1,579	375
2004–2005	4,892*	2,678	1,582	632*
2005–2006	4,924	2,690	1,600	634
2006–2007	4,980	2,709	1,632	639
2007–2008	5,071	2,761	1,659	651
2008-2009	5,221	2,830	1,726	644
2009-2010	5,205	2,777	1,768	660
2010-2011	5,120	2,720	1,744	656
* Includes 260 new positions — bus drivers and monitors.

Financial summary

Following is a summary of revenues, expenditures and balances.

	Actual FY07	Actual FY08	Actual FY09	Actual FY10	Budget FY11
Summary of Revenues, Expenditures, Balances ($ in 000s)
Beginning fund balance	$73,566	$82,220	$112,423	$128,396	$126,003
Revenues	335,175	376,123	382,651	378,474	399,212
Expenditures	326,521	345,920	366,678	380,867	403,703
(Deficit) Surplus	8,654	30,203	15,973	(2,393)	(4,491)
Ending Fund Balance	$82,220	$112,423	$128,396	$126,003	$121,512

A complete copy of the FY11 budget can be viewed in the superintendent's office during business hours or to request a copy, call 314.989.8281.

Per-pupil costs 2010–2011

School districts maintain data that track the average cost of educating each student. This data, referred to as the cost per pupil, is calculated by dividing the district’s total operating expense budget by the total number of students being educated (eligible pupils).

However, SSD serves more than 22,000 students* for whom it does not take attendance, and as such, expenditures per eligible pupil are not relevant. For 2010–2011 budget, SSD calculated its per-pupil expenditures by using current expenditures divided by the total number of students receiving special education services from the district as of Dec. 1, 2010. The budgeted amount for 2010–2011 is $14,653 per pupil.

This amount presents a more accurate picture of the district’s per-pupil expenditure than does the standard state calculation on an eligible pupil basis.

*Ninety-seven percent of these students receive special education services from SSD staff in a school in their local school district. It is the responsibility of the local school district to take attendance on all students who attend school in its buildings, primarily for funding purposes. While SSD has records on each student served by our district, we may not necessarily be the district that records the actual attendance for that student.

For the 2010–2011 school year, the district’s total operating revenue is projected to be $399 million, with expenditures of about $404 million.

FY11 revenues by source
(in thousands)

FY11 expenditures (in thousands)

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