Schools
Local School Districts See Increase in Low-Income Student Population
Students in poverty can experience a variety of risk factors and issues, according to the Daily Herald.
Poverty rates have seen a drastic jump in suburban school districts from 2000 to 2012, according to the Daily Herald.
Within District 300, the low-income student population increased by 23.6 percent from 2000 to 2012 and grew by 39.4 percent in 2012 alone, according to the Daily Herald.
Other local school districts that saw a jump in its low-income student population from 2000 to 2012 include: Crystal Lake Elementary District 47, where the low-income student population increased by 18.2 percent; Crystal Lake High School District 155, where the low-income population grew by 12.6 percent and District 158, where the poverty rate grew by 5 percent.
The state average for increases in the low-income student population grew by 12.3 percent from 2000 to 2012, according to the Daily Herald.
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