The SPASD Administration wants SPASD to stand out, and it sure does now.
We're the leaders! Well...in millrate anyway.
If we look at SPASD vs. the 20 similar sized school districts (10 larger and 10 smaller in enrollments), Sun Prairie is head and shoulders above the rest in mill rate ($12.62) and has the 4th highest tax levy!
While our rival, Middleton-Cross Plains bests out slightly in terms of tax levy, we cream them in mill rate.
A $200,000 home in Sun Prairie will pay $482 MORE in taxes this year than a similar value home in MCPSD.
Statewide, the average mill rate is $9.84 per $1000---SPASD's mill rate is 28.3% higher.
We rank in the top 15% of all districts in terms of tax levy increase over last year. In fact, the statewide average was a 1.45% DROP in mill rate. How "wonderful" does Sun Prairie's 3.5% INCREASE look now?
269 (out of 424) school districts set a tax levy either the same or lower than last year. 211 districts have a mill rate the same or lower than last year, while Sun Prairies mill rate is rising 4.1%.
Oh...and while we're at it....lest anyone overlook it, our tax levy ($10.9M) SOLELY for referendum-related debt is now second only to Kenosha. Yikes!
We'll be here all week....enjoy your tax bills! Be sure to tip your waitresses and thank the school board members who approved all this.
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