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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Report: Wood Dale spent $12,535 per student in 2017-18

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Spending per pupil at Wood Dale School District 7 is up 10.2 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 $11,374 per pupil in 2013-14. It spent $12,535 in 2017-18.

The district saw its enrollment fall over the same period, from 1079 to 1077.

Wood Dale's spending in 2017-18 was 6 percent lower than the state average of $13,337.

Wood Dale School District 7 student spending 5-year trend
Total spending per pupilLocal spending (%)State spending (%)Federal spending (%)
2013-14$11,37478.116.05.9
2014-15$11,84180.315.44.3
2015-16$12,19079.513.27.4
2016-17$12,88882.313.14.6
2017-18$12,53482.811.16.1

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