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 48.1 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
$1,061,285
$1,241,703
67.21
$18,474.97
2009
$1,013,873
$1,186,231
63.27
$18,748.71
2010
$760,809
$867,322
72.48
$11,966.36
2011
$776,151
$877,051
76.37
$11,484.23
2012
$636,732
$694,038
104.9
$6,616.19
2013
$766,867
$828,216
107.31
$7,717.98
2014
$856,469
$907,857
96.82
$9,376.75
2015
$669,404
$709,568
107.12
$6,624.05
2016
$849,284
$891,748
113.75
$7,839.54
2017
$761,947
$777,186
81.09
$9,584.24
Total
$8,152,821
$8,980,920
890.32
$108,433.02
10-year change (%)
-28.2
-37.4
20.6
-48.1
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