StatShot: Which L-Way Feeder District Has the Most Money Per Student?

In this inaugural StatShot, we look at the local resources each of the five school districts that feed into Lincoln-Way 210 have per pupil.

Each year the Illinois State Board of Education sets a dollar amount it thinks is the minimum it takes to give a kid a decent education for a year (currently $6,119).

The state then uses that number to help figure how much aid to give. The less a district can cover on its own, the more state aid it gets.

Here's how much each L-Way feeder district could provide each student. (Read the comments below for discussion on why we use the word "could.") These are the numbers from the 2010-2011 school year, but they're what set how much aid the districts are getting this school year.

Or, to put it a different way, the state says it should cost a minimum $6,119 to give each kid a quality education for a year.

How close is each district to covering that cost on its own?

has $4,846.40 per pupil, or 79.2 percent of the $6,119 "foundation level."

These figures come from the Illinois State Board of Education's General State Aid Inquiry.