Per pupil spending at Springfield High School is $12,704. The average spending in the state is $12,521. Springfield High School is part of the Springfield Sd 186 school district. 59.6% of Springfield Sd 186's spending is supported by local funding. For the average school district in Illinois 66% of per pupil spending is supported with local funds.
Chicago Public Schools is seeking a bailout of its district from Illinois taxpayers. Students in Chicago Public Schools scored a passage rate of 25% on the PARCC exam. Per pupil spending in Chicago is $15,120, with 49% of this amount coming from local sources of funds. Chicago is seeking to expand the per pupil funding by 25%. By their plan, all of this increase would be paid for by Illinois taxpayers. This would bring the total funding to $18,900. Illinois taxpayers would provide approximately 61% of this higher funding level.
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