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Report: Belvidere spent $11,646 per student in 2017-18

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Spending per pupil at Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 is up 18.7 percent from five years ago, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of district finances.

The Illinois State Board of Education 2017-18 report card shows the Boone County school district spent $9,811 per pupil in 2013-14. It spent $11,646 in 2017-18.

The district saw its enrollment fall over the same period, from 8309 to 8003.

Belvidere's spending in 2017-18 was 12.7 percent lower than the state average of $13,337.

Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 student spending 5-year trend
Total spending per pupilLocal spending (%)State spending (%)Federal spending (%)
2013-14$9,81156.835.47.7
2014-15$9,97257.536.26.3
2015-16$10,66959.633.96.5
2016-17$11,11457.436.36.4
2017-18$11,64559.335.05.7

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