LADY BUDGETDOWN: CEDAR SPRINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Another district. Another ten-year ledger.
From 2014–15 to 2024–25:
📉 Pupils: −13.08%
💰 Revenue per pupil: +67.51%
📚 Instruction per pupil: +55.39%
🏛� Business & administration per pupil: +37.85%
🛠� Operations & maintenance per pupil: +223.03%
👩�🏫 Average teacher salary: +16.29%
For comparison, inflation over the decade was approximately 35.83%.
So while revenue per pupil grew nearly twice the rate of inflation, average teacher salary growth came in 19.54 percentage points below it.
And operations & maintenance per pupil? Up 223%.
The ledger doesn't tell us why.
It tells us where to look next. 👀
With receipts & respect. 👑
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