This receipt estimates how much of your property tax bill supports Adams 12 Five Star Schools and how those dollars are used. It starts with your home’s market value and applies the district’s 2025–26 school tax rate (including existing mill‑levy overrides) to estimate your annual school taxes.
The tool then breaks that amount into major parts of the Adams 12 operating budget—classroom instruction, instructional support, building operations and maintenance, other districtwide services, and transfers to charter schools—using the shares from the 2025–26 adopted General Fund. It does not include bond‑debt payments for buildings or the rest of your county, city, and special‑district property taxes, so it’s a focused look at the operating portion that Adams 12 can use for day‑to‑day school services.
Colorado Trust for Local Media Balancing Act
