Education
Stimulus Funds allocated to School Districts
Verlan Stephens -- April, 30 2009
School districts across the country are now receiving the
first half of their allocations from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA). The districts have been
anxiously awaiting their Title I (funds for improving the performance of low-income
students) and IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) funds as a
means of supplementing their shrinking budgets.
According to the latest guidance documents from the Department of
Education, districts are being encouraged to not only "save jobs" but
to "improve student outcomes over the next two years and to advance
reforms that will have even longer-term impact".
There are
large variances amongst districts when the funding per student is
analyzed. Per student the top ten
districts are:
|
NCES LEA ID
|
District
|
Title I Allocation
|
Students
|
Allocation per Student
|
|
3604758
|
KIRYAS JOEL VILLAGE UNION FREE SCH DIST
|
$4,560,564
|
322
|
$14,163
|
|
3807170
|
FT TOTTEN 30
|
$1,299,319
|
184
|
$7,061
|
|
4665460
|
SHANNON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 65-1
|
$4,847,289
|
949
|
$5,107
|
|
2920880
|
MIDDLE GROVE C-1
|
$173,842
|
40
|
$4,346
|
|
3816980
|
SOLEN 3
|
$669,396
|
159
|
$4,210
|
|
3807200
|
FT YATES 4
|
$752,995
|
198
|
$3,803
|
|
3026490
|
TRINITY ELEM
|
$34,658
|
11
|
$3,150
|
|
5008970
|
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT
|
$644,231
|
212
|
$3,038
|
|
4003870
|
BELL
|
$218,486
|
79
|
$2,765
|
|
4620100
|
EAGLE BUTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT 20-1
|
$1,061,410
|
391
|
$2,714
|
Whereas the
per-student funding for the largest school districts in the country looks very
different.
|
NCES LEA ID
|
District
|
Title I Allocation
|
Students
|
Allocation per Student
|
|
3620580
|
NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
|
$711,011,755
|
999,150
|
$711
|
|
0622710
|
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED
|
$359,823,733
|
707,627
|
$508
|
|
1709930
|
CITY OF CHICAGO SD 299
|
$272,166,592
|
413,694
|
$657
|
|
4218990
|
PHILADELPHIA CITY SD
|
$197,268,493
|
178,241
|
$1,106
|
|
2612000
|
DETROIT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
|
$175,048,688
|
117,609
|
$1,488
|
|
1200390
|
DADE
|
$100,536,585
|
353,790
|
$284
|
|
4823640
|
HOUSTON ISD
|
$100,443,345
|
199,534
|
$503
|
|
4816230
|
DALLAS ISD
|
$78,569,756
|
157,804
|
$497
|
|
5509600
|
MILWAUKEE
|
$74,731,514
|
89,912
|
$831
|
|
3200060
|
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
|
$60,075,561
|
303,448
|
$197
|
To help you analyze the opportunities
presented by the stimulus funding we have made the entire district spreadsheet
available on our website at www.einfostrategies.com.