Dearest reader... your Lady has taken the ledger north. Quite a bit north, actually. 🪶🧤
Welcome to Kalkaska Public Schools.
And our first ten-year look has produced a rather interesting set of receipts.
From 2014–15 to 2024–25:
📉 Pupil count: −17.4%
💰 Revenue per pupil: +72.6%
📚 Instruction per pupil: +75.7%
🪶 Instructional support per pupil: +23.4%
📋 Business & administration per pupil: +55.9%
🏫 Operations & maintenance per pupil: +67.5%
🍎 Average teacher salary: +34.8%
For comparison, inflation over the decade was approximately 35.8%.
Now, dearest readers, there are a few breadcrumbs on this particular page of the ledger.
Enrollment fell by more than 17%.
Yet revenue per pupil rose more than 72%, and importantly, instruction per pupil rose even faster, nearly 76%. That deserves its place on the ledger just as much as anything else.
Meanwhile, average teacher salary increased 34.8%, essentially keeping pace with inflation, but falling just slightly short.
No verdicts from your Lady.
We have only opened the ledger.
Next, we count the chairs. 👀🪶
With receipts & respect.
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