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 15.7 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
$1,607,484
$1,880,756
241.88
$7,775.57
2009
$1,407,072
$1,646,274
241.74
$6,810.10
2010
$1,352,761
$1,542,148
241.38
$6,388.88
2011
$1,722,562
$1,946,495
233.78
$8,326.18
2012
$1,588,024
$1,730,946
230.73
$7,502.04
2013
$1,638,999
$1,770,119
212.21
$8,341.36
2014
$1,532,876
$1,624,849
205.08
$7,923
2015
$1,309,423
$1,387,988
208.67
$6,651.59
2016
$1,334,041
$1,400,743
207.14
$6,762.30
2017
$1,278,277
$1,303,843
198.98
$6,552.63
Total
$14,771,519
$16,234,161
2,221.59
$73,033.65
10-year change (%)
-20.5
-30.7
-17.7
-15.7