Collected and spent
In fiscal year 2024, Bakersfield City School District collected $35.3M in taxes and spent $610.8M.
Collected
$35.3M
Fiscal year 2024 · taxes
Spent
$610.8M
Fiscal year 2024
Where the money comes from
One tax.
Property tax
$0.0384 per $100 of value
Source · Kern County Auditor-Controller-County Clerk, Bakersfield City School District 2024 voter-approved overlays only. Read on June 15, 2026.
Details
Bakersfield City School District 2024 voter-approved overlays only (Six GO bond series summed from TRA 001-001): Bakersfield 2006B 0.007806/$100 + Bakersfield Refunding 2006A 0.011013/$100 + Bakersfield 2006E 0.006256/$100 + Bakersfield 2016A 0.004363/$100 + Bakersfield 2016B 0.003033/$100 + Bakersfield 2016C 0.005937/$100 = 0.038408/$100 × 10 = 0.38408 mills. Composite closure: 1.000000 + 0.0), per Kern County 2024-25 tax-rate book — 1% Prop 13 base rendered as a separate statutory lineWhere it goes
Eight service lines.
Schools
$389.0M
Pensions and retiree benefits · past obligation
$65.7M
Public works
$62.4M
Health and human services
$34.7M
General government
$24.5M
Transit
$15.7M
Debt service · past obligation
$11.7M
Other
$7.1M
Bars in both tables share one scale. Hatched lines pay for past obligations, not current services.
Source · Bakersfield City School District Financial Statements, June 30, 2024. Read on September 16, 2026.
Details
Bakersfield City School District Financial Statements, June 30, 2024 (audited by Eide Bailly LLP): Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds, General Fund column (p.18); Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Non-Major Governmental Funds, Bond Interest and Redemption Fund column (p.87); Statement of Activities, General Revenues section (p.15); Schedule of the District's Contributions, Required Supplementary Information, FY2024 column (p.75). Presented as BCSD Board of Education agenda item H.3, Dec 17, 2024 meetingWho decides
Not on file yet.
When decisions happen
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How to reach it
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Also on this tax bill
A Bakersfield City School District address pays these governments too.
On every bill in Bakersfield City School District
Sources
What it is
Kern County Auditor-Controller-County Clerk, Bakersfield City School District 2024 voter-approved overlays only. Read on June 15, 2026.
Details
Bakersfield City School District 2024 voter-approved overlays only (Six GO bond series summed from TRA 001-001): Bakersfield 2006B 0.007806/$100 + Bakersfield Refunding 2006A 0.011013/$100 + Bakersfield 2006E 0.006256/$100 + Bakersfield 2016A 0.004363/$100 + Bakersfield 2016B 0.003033/$100 + Bakersfield 2016C 0.005937/$100 = 0.038408/$100 × 10 = 0.38408 mills. Composite closure: 1.000000 + 0.0), per Kern County 2024-25 tax-rate book — 1% Prop 13 base rendered as a separate statutory lineCollected
Bakersfield City School District Financial Statements, June 30, 2024. Read on September 17, 2026.
Details
Bakersfield City School District Financial Statements, June 30, 2024 (audited by Eide Bailly LLP): Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds, General Fund column (p.18); Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Non-Major Governmental Funds, Bond Interest and Redemption Fund column (p.87); Statement of Activities, General Revenues section (p.15); Schedule of the District's Contributions, Required Supplementary Information, FY2024 column (p.75). Presented as BCSD Board of Education agenda item H.3, Dec 17, 2024 meetingSpent
Bakersfield City School District Financial Statements, June 30, 2024. Read on September 17, 2026.
Details
Bakersfield City School District Financial Statements, June 30, 2024 (audited by Eide Bailly LLP): Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds, General Fund column (p.18); Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Non-Major Governmental Funds, Bond Interest and Redemption Fund column (p.87); Statement of Activities, General Revenues section (p.15); Schedule of the District's Contributions, Required Supplementary Information, FY2024 column (p.75). Presented as BCSD Board of Education agenda item H.3, Dec 17, 2024 meetingTaxes
Kern County Auditor-Controller-County Clerk, Bakersfield City School District 2024 voter-approved overlays only. Read on June 15, 2026.
Details
Bakersfield City School District 2024 voter-approved overlays only (Six GO bond series summed from TRA 001-001): Bakersfield 2006B 0.007806/$100 + Bakersfield Refunding 2006A 0.011013/$100 + Bakersfield 2006E 0.006256/$100 + Bakersfield 2016A 0.004363/$100 + Bakersfield 2016B 0.003033/$100 + Bakersfield 2016C 0.005937/$100 = 0.038408/$100 × 10 = 0.38408 mills. Composite closure: 1.000000 + 0.0), per Kern County 2024-25 tax-rate book — 1% Prop 13 base rendered as a separate statutory lineTo act on what you have read
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