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 53.8 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
$2,007,080
$2,348,284
164.88
$14,242.38
2009
$1,574,774
$1,842,486
164.41
$11,206.65
2010
$1,366,005
$1,557,246
151.34
$10,289.72
2011
$1,406,666
$1,589,533
161.97
$9,813.75
2012
$1,133,397
$1,235,403
175.01
$7,059.04
2013
$1,403,652
$1,515,944
243.26
$6,231.78
2014
$1,618,459
$1,715,567
231.71
$7,403.94
2015
$1,276,384
$1,352,967
230.14
$5,878.89
2016
$1,507,922
$1,583,318
216.7
$7,306.50
2017
$1,431,368
$1,459,995
221.86
$6,580.70
Total
$14,725,707
$16,200,743
1,961.2799999999997
$86,013.34
10-year change (%)
-28.7
-37.8
34.6
-53.8