On the 2014-15 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam (www.illinoisreportcard.com), students at J. L. Buford Intermediate Education Center scored a passage rate of 11.1 percent and a failure rate of 88.9 percent. Passage of the PARCC exam reflects the percentage of students who "met expectations" or "exceeded expectations." In Illinois overall, 32.9 percent of students passed the PARCC exam.
Per pupil spending at J. L. Intermediate Education Center is $11,177. The average spending in the state is $12,521. J. L. Buford Intermediate Education Center is part of the Mount Vernon School District No. 80 School District, and 33.8 percent of Mount Vernon School District No. 80's spending is supported by local funding. For the average school district in Illinois 66 percent of per pupil spending is supported with local funds.
Chicago Public Schools is seeking a bailout of its district from Illinois taxpayers. Students in Chicago Public Schools scored a passage rate of 25 percent on the PARCC exam. Per pupil spending in Chicago is $15,120, with 49 percent of this amount coming from local sources of funds. Chicago is seeking to expand the per pupil funding by 25 percent. By their plan, all of this increase would be paid for by Illinois taxpayers. This would bring the total funding to $18,900. Illinois taxpayers would provide approximately 61 percent of this higher funding level.
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