Waterloo Community Unified School District(CUSD) No. 5 received $205.20 per student from the federal government in 2015, or approximately $552,209.34, according to data published by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
The $552,209.34 equals approximately 2.3 percent of District No. 5's total budget. The state average for federal funding of public school districts is 8 percent, according to ISBE.
The Obama Administration is threatening to pull federal funding of local schools that refuse to follow Washington directives. Most recently, it ordered all public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
Chicago Public Schools gets 16 percent of its funding from the federal government, or twice the state average. Chicago property taxpayers pay for 49 percent of their school bill; District 5 pays for 46.3 percent.
District No. 5 spent a total of $8,922 per student in 2015, approximately 1 percent more than in 2010, when it spent $8,832 per student.
Among Metro-East school districts, Columbia CUSD No. 4 ($250.01 per pupil) and Madison CUSD No. 12 ($2,610.28 per pupil) receive more money from the federal government than District No. 5.
Madison Community Unified School District No. 12 spends the most money on public schools in Metro-East, at $15,356 per pupil.
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