The Chicago Reporter

Not enough

While the calls for school funding reform have most often come from the Chicago area, most of the school districts receiving less than the statewide average---$9,099 per pupil in 2004-2005---were from the southern half of Illinois.

Source: Illinois Board of Education; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.


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