Southern Illinois residents would pay $20,361,071 more in state income taxes if the state agrees to increase school funding by $7.2 billion, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
Grade school districts in Dongola, Cairo and Tunnel Hill ranked among Southern Illinois' lowest for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Buncombe, Joppa and Metropolis ranked among Southern Illinois' highest for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Dongola, Cairo and Tunnel Hill ranked among Illinois' lowest for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Cairo, Tunnel Hill and Cypress ranked among Southern Illinois' lowest for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Cairo, Cypress and Tunnel Hill ranked among Illinois' lowest for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Buncombe, Goreville and Joppa ranked highest in Southern Illinois for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.