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The general fund paid 81.5% of school spending in FY2009 and 89.9% in FY2025; grants and other funds the rest.
General fund share of school spending
Paid by the general fund
FY2009
81.5%
FY2010
84.0%
FY2011
84.3%
FY2012
84.9%
FY2013
88.0%
FY2014
89.0%
FY2015
90.6%
FY2016
90.5%
FY2017
89.4%
FY2018
92.6%
FY2019
93.4%
FY2020
94.1%
FY2021
91.3%
FY2022
91.3%
FY2023
86.7%
FY2024
85.5%
FY2025
89.9%
DESE’s End of Year Financial Report: what was spent, by the fund that paid it. The rest is grants and revolving funds.
1 · The facts
81.5%
general fund share of spending, FY2009
89.9%
general fund share of spending, FY2025
94.1%
the highest share, FY2020
8.4 points
change in the share, FY2009 to FY2025
$2,520,227
a year, at FY2025 spending, if the FY2009 split held
our estimate
$1,697,071
general fund rise, FY2025
$1,242,714
grant and revolving fall, FY2025
$454,357
rise across all funds, FY2025
2 · What it shows
1
The general fund paid 81.5% in FY2009 and 89.9% in FY2025, after a high of 94.1% in FY2020.
2
At FY2025 spending, 8.4 points is $2,520,227 a year: our arithmetic, not a forecast.
3
In FY2025 the general fund rose $1,697,071 and grants fell $1,242,714; all funds rose $454,357.
Lunenburg school spending by fund, by year
Year
General fund
Grants and revolving
All funds
General fund share
FY2025
$26,986,344
$3,044,898
$30,031,242
89.9%
FY2024
$25,289,273
$4,287,612
$29,576,885
85.5%
FY2023
$25,613,575
$3,945,897
$29,559,472
86.7%
FY2022
$24,980,292
$2,384,081
$27,364,372
91.3%
FY2021
$23,599,163
$2,237,805
$25,836,968
91.3%
FY2020
$23,005,734
$1,453,893
$24,459,626
94.1%
FY2019
$22,971,644
$1,623,462
$24,595,106
93.4%
FY2018
$22,586,382
$1,805,429
$24,391,811
92.6%
FY2017
$21,032,539
$2,493,775
$23,526,313
89.4%
FY2016
$20,088,618
$2,108,544
$22,197,162
90.5%
FY2015
$19,400,624
$2,019,663
$21,420,287
90.6%
FY2014
$18,782,388
$2,333,940
$21,116,328
89.0%
FY2013
$18,199,750
$2,476,542
$20,676,292
88.0%
FY2012
$17,152,190
$3,041,224
$20,193,414
84.9%
FY2011
$16,387,213
$3,060,525
$19,447,738
84.3%
FY2010
$16,287,750
$3,104,025
$19,391,775
84.0%
FY2009
$15,842,808
$3,603,645
$19,446,453
81.5%
DESE’s End of Year Financial Report, district totals: what was spent, by the fund that paid it. Actual spending, not budgets.