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 26.8 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
$2,566,340
$3,002,618
936.33
$3,206.79
2009
$2,172,045
$2,541,293
926.62
$2,742.54
2010
$2,187,933
$2,494,244
944.69
$2,640.28
2011
$2,498,741
$2,823,577
870.1
$3,245.12
2012
$1,943,992
$2,118,951
842.25
$2,515.82
2013
$2,042,515
$2,205,916
823.34
$2,679.23
2014
$2,063,824
$2,187,653
786.0
$2,783.27
2015
$1,788,653
$1,895,972
751.16
$2,524.06
2016
$1,964,169
$2,062,377
752.55
$2,740.52
2017
$1,788,127
$1,823,890
777.14
$2,346.93
Total
$21,016,339
$23,156,491
8,410.18
$27,424.56
10-year change (%)
-30.3
-39.3
-17
-26.8