Spending and revenue data obtained for this analysis comes from the Illinois Local Education Agency Retrieval Network (ILEARN), which is part of the Illinois State Board of Education and collects data annually on school district financials.
Adjusting for inflation, the district's share of state taxes per student went down 61.3 percent over the last 10 years.
State revenue
Year
Total state subsidy (nominal)
Total state subsidy (real)
9-Month Avg. Daily Attendance
State subsidy per pupil (real)
2008
$965,789
$1,129,973
231.23
$4,886.79
2009
$798,613
$934,377
221.62
$4,216.12
2010
$783,680
$893,395
217.61
$4,105.49
2011
$869,865
$982,947
210.92
$4,660.28
2012
$680,326
$741,555
205.89
$3,601.70
2013
$568,234
$613,693
211.17
$2,906.16
2014
$562,878
$596,651
200.72
$2,972.55
2015
$372,743
$395,108
201.01
$1,965.61
2016
$377,286
$396,150
194.32
$2,038.65
2017
$349,411
$356,399
188.38
$1,891.92
Total
$6,328,825
$7,040,248
2,082.87
$33,245.27
10-year change (%)
-63.8
-68.5
-18.5
-61.3
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