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POPULATION
12,419,293

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	2,111,706
NUMBER OF Illinois SCHOOLS	4,533
NUMBER OF Illinois SCHOOL DISTRICTS	1,037
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	10,139

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	70.7
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	72.9
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	68.5
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	72.8
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	72.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	79.2
Grade 11 Reading Proficiency	58.4

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	56.4	57.0
BLACK (%)	20.6	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	19.0	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	3.8	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	0.2	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	37.2	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	NO DATA	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	15.3	12.2

Illinois Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	12,835,644	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	228	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	7.0%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	19.6%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	36.9%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	24.4%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	12.2%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	4,767,500	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	10.3%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	86.7%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	30.4%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	7.9%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	12.6%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	13.1%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	20.2%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	19.8%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	14.6%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	12.0%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,365	$11,329,435,949	52.9
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$577	$1,218,202,892	5.7
STAFF	$424	$894,521,273	4.2
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$310	$654,225,081	3.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$463	$978,498,940	4.6
OPERATION	$911	$1,923,400,852	9.0
TRANSPORTATION	$452	$953,690,263	4.4
OTHER	$314	$662,417,894	3.1
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,450	$7,284,957,195	34.0
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,324	$2,796,271,540	13.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,139	$21,410,664,684	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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