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 35.7 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
$906,714
$1,060,855
628.27
$1,688.53
2009
$678,209
$793,505
643.99
$1,232.17
2010
$594,213
$677,403
633.79
$1,068.81
2011
$682,601
$771,339
624.75
$1,234.64
2012
$740,224
$806,844
643.52
$1,253.80
2013
$868,820
$938,326
671.18
$1,398.02
2014
$820,264
$869,480
691.64
$1,257.13
2015
$699,778
$741,765
658.08
$1,127.17
2016
$537,314
$564,180
654.09
$862.54
2017
$643,278
$656,144
604.58
$1,085.29
Total
$7,171,415
$7,879,841
6,453.89
$12,208.09
10-year change (%)
-29.1
-38.1
-3.8
-35.7
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