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 63.9 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
$683,071
$799,193
97.94
$8,160.03
2009
$557,465
$652,234
113.22
$5,760.77
2010
$602,595
$686,958
106.54
$6,447.89
2011
$969,073
$1,095,052
93.42
$11,721.82
2012
$658,723
$718,008
86.68
$8,283.43
2013
$475,852
$513,920
86.33
$5,952.97
2014
$313,319
$332,118
83.48
$3,978.41
2015
$192,289
$203,826
70.85
$2,876.87
2016
$225,170
$236,429
85.25
$2,773.36
2017
$225,564
$230,075
78.14
$2,944.39
Total
$4,903,121
$5,467,813
901.85
$58,899.94
10-year change (%)
-67
-71.2
-20.2
-63.9
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