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Friday, November 22, 2024

Chicago schools spend 31% more than Alden-Hebron Elementary School

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Operational spending at Alden-Hebron Elementary School in Hebron is 31 percent less than the average Chicago public school.

Alden-Hebron Elementary School is in Alden-Hebron School District 19, where operational spending is $10,508 per year per student.

In the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the average school spends $15,120 per year per student.

The number of students per classroom at Alden-Hebron Elementary School is actually less than at CPS. At Alden-Hebron Elementary School, there are 20 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 Alden-Hebron Elementary 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 Alden-Hebron Elementary School, 20 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.

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