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Monday, April 28, 2025

Report: Peotone School District spent $12,459 per student in 2019-20

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Spending per pupil at Peotone Community Unit School District 207U was up 5.6 percent from five years ago, according to the Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card district finances.

The Illinois State Board of Education 2019-20 report card showed the Will County school district spent $11,796 per pupil in 2015-16. It spent $12,459 in 2019-20.

The district's enrollment fell from 1,598 to 1,422 students over the same period.

Peotone's spending in 2019-20 was 14 percent lower than the state average of $14,492.

Peotone Community Unit School District 207U student spending 5-year trend

Total spending per pupilLocal spending (%)State spending (%)Federal spending (%)
2015-16$11,79684.512.63
2016-17$11,50481.114.64.4
2017-18$11,37385.611.23.2
2018-19$11,40582.114.73.2
2019-20$12,45984.213.12.8

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