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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Report: Hinsdale spent $17,821 per student in 2017-18

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Spending per pupil at Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 is up 17.7 percent from five years ago, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of district finances.

The Illinois State Board of Education 2017-18 report card shows the Dupage County school district spent $15,135 per pupil in 2013-14. It spent $17,821 in 2017-18.

The district saw its enrollment fall over the same period, from 4008 to 3784.

Hinsdale's spending in 2017-18 was 33.6 percent higher than the state average of $13,337.

Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 student spending 5-year trend
Total spending per pupilLocal spending (%)State spending (%)Federal spending (%)
2013-14$15,13594.24.51.4
2014-15$16,67494.83.81.4
2015-16$17,21794.43.81.8
2016-17$17,70494.83.91.4
2017-18$17,82195.63.21.2

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