Of students at Carrollton Grade School, 31.3 earned a passing score on the 2015 Illinois standardized K-12 test, or "PARCC" exam. | File photo
Of students at Carrollton Grade School, 31.3 earned a passing score on the 2015 Illinois standardized K-12 test, or "PARCC" exam. | File photo
Operational spending at Carrollton Grade School in Greene is 45 percent less than the average Chicago public school.
Carrollton Grade School is in the Carrollton CUSD 1 school district, where operational spending is $8,278 per year, per student.
In the Chicago Public School District (CPS), the average school spends $15,120 per year, per student.
The number of students per classroom at Carrollton Grade School is actually fewer than at CPS. At Carrollton Grade 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 Carrollton Grade School, the truancy rate is 8.7.
The Chicago Teachers Union has called upon state taxpayers to increase state funding to CPS by 25 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.
Of students at Carrollton Grade School, 31.3 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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