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Report: Elverado spent $10,812 per student in 2017-18

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Spending per pupil at Elverado Community Unit School District 196 is up 8.6 percent from five years ago, according to a Carbondale Reporter analysis of district finances.

The Illinois State Board of Education 2017-18 report card shows the Jackson County school district spent $9,954 per pupil in 2013-14. It spent $10,812 in 2017-18.

The district saw its enrollment fall over the same period, from 493 to 413.

Elverado's spending in 2017-18 was 18.9 percent lower than the state average of $13,337.

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 student spending 5-year trend
Total spending per pupilLocal spending (%)State spending (%)Federal spending (%)
2013-14$9,95427.662.79.7
2014-15$8,27732.159.38.7
2015-16$8,28432.258.29.6
2016-17$10,36728.762.88.5
2017-18$10,81229.361.79.1

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