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Facts about state and local funding in YOUR school district

So What About Your district?

Do the Math Q & A
ROCHESTER (District 535): 
Chart 1: Average state aid per student (green line) compared to inflation (red line).
Chart: State Aid Per Student
State funding per student rose from $5,243 in 1999 to $7,592 in the 2008-09 school year.
  • 44.8% increase over 10 years

  • 12.6% increase after adjusting for inflation

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    Chart 2: Average locally approved operating levies (property taxes) per student (green line) compared to inflation (red line).
    Chart: Property Taxes Per Student
    Referenda revenue per student decreased slightly from $554 in 1999 to $536 in 2009.
    • 3.4% decrease over 10 years

  • 24.9% decrease after adjusting for inflation




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    Chart 3: Total enrollment (blue line) & General Fund Revenue (green line).
    Chart: Enrollment & Revenue
    Enrollment increased from 15,505 in 1999 to 16,101 in 2003 and has since fluctuated in a relatively narrow range, with enrollment totaling 16,034 in 2009.
    • 3.4% more students than in 1999

    Increasing enrollment, coupled with increases in state funding, offset a slight drop in local funding, pushing total general and special education revenue up from $89.9 million in 1999 to $130.3 million this year.
    14 Year General Education Revenues FY 1996 - FY 2009