BEECHER: STEP 2: THE STAFFING LEDGER

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BEECHER: THE STAFFING LEDGER 🪶

Step 2 is in.

Over the decade, Beecher Community School District's pupil count fell nearly in half:

Pupils: −48.96%
Teachers: −33.2%
Total administrators: −28.6%
Total staff: −4.7%

But there are a few interesting shifts inside those totals.

Instructional aides doubled (+100.0%), student support more than doubled (+108.9%), and other support increased 10.5%.

And remember the breadcrumb from Step 1:

Business & Administration spending per pupil increased 316.37%.

Yet administrator FTE actually decreased 28.6%.

So adding administrators clearly isn't the explanation.

Which means the ledger still has a question:

What drove that spending increase? 👀🪶

Sources: Michigan Department of Education Bulletin 1014 & REP staffing data; NCES CCD staffing data.

With receipts & respect. 👑

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