Operational spending at Harvard Jr. High School in McHenry County is 28 percent less than the average Chicago public school.
Harvard Jr. High School is in Harvard School District 50, where operational spending is $10,885 per year per student.
In Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the average school spends $15,120 per year, per student.
The number of students per classroom at Harvard Jr. High School is actually less than at CPS. At Harvard Jr. High School, there are 23 students per classroom, while at CPS there are 24.
However, at CPS, while schools are staffed for full enrollment, 27 percent of students are "chronically truant." That means adjusted for actual student attendance, CPS has 17.5 students per classroom.
At Harvard Jr. High School, the truancy rate is 8.7 percent.
The Chicago Teachers Union has called upon state taxpayers to increase state funding to CPS by 33 percent, or to $20,000 per student. City officials are considering filing a federal lawsuit to require the rest of Illinois to provide this funding.
At Harvard Jr. High School. 15.9 percent of students earned a passing score on the 2015 Illinois standardized K-12 test, or PARCC exam.
On the same exam, 25 percent of CPS students earned a passing score.
Alerts Sign-up