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Report: Somonauk spent $10,988 per student in 2017-18

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Spending per pupil at Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 is up 15.4 percent from five years ago, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of district finances.

The Illinois State Board of Education 2017-18 report card shows the Dekalb County school district spent $9,522 per pupil in 2013-14. It spent $10,988 in 2017-18.

The district saw its enrollment fall over the same period, from 822 to 815.

Somonauk's spending in 2017-18 was 17.6 percent lower than the state average of $13,337.

Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 student spending 5-year trend
Total spending per pupilLocal spending (%)State spending (%)Federal spending (%)
2013-14$9,52274.721.24.1
2014-15$9,79474.221.64.1
2015-16$10,53777.018.24.7
2016-17$11,02776.219.84.0
2017-18$10,98879.117.93.0

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