Are public schools funded by the people who are located within a certain vicinity to the school? I know there are other sources of funding but schools Are primarily funded by the surrounding inhabitants, correct?


For instance, if I say the lower class receives a poor education because their schools receive poor funding (because the people funding the schools are poor) then that makes sense, right?

In Illinois it is. See for example some suburban schools vs ghetto schools.

Shit, see the chicago debate league and how the north side is more full of Single A vs the South Side that has more AA leagues.

Well it's a percentages. something like 70% of school money comes from local taxes (in Illinois)

Yes, schools receive most of their funding from property taxes on homes and businesses located within the school district. So when a big factory or something in town closes, the schools are effected too because they lose a shitload in tax revenue.

Your statement may not entirely make sense...only if the district is composed of poor neighborhoods with homes that have low property value and thus low property taxes.

wait so let me get this straight....

If they base the income of schools based off of the surrounding inhabitants then a predominantly poor neighborhood will more than likely have less funds for education and thus a poorer education which leads to an imbalance in our educational system in which some receive better basic education than others? If that's the case then how come schools aren't paid for by other taxational means? What about income taxes or sales taxes collected by the state rather than based off of one segment of a community?

Some public schools recieve funding from corporations. For example, Nike will fund a school's sports team or physical education department, as long as all of the kids wear cute little Nike uniforms to class, Nike ads are posted all over school, the school only buys Nike soccer balls and basketballs, and in math class kids do problems like "if a Nike sneaker performs better than a Reebok sneaker, and the Nike sneaker costs 75$ and the Reebok sneaker costs 90$, how much cheaper is the Nike sneaker than the Reebok sneaker?"

Back when the American government was fairly new and we were working under the Articles of Confederation instead of the Constitution, people interested in land in the Great Northwest (what is today Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, etc), would plot the land and divide it into even squares, six by six miles across. Each one of these squares was called a "district" and 36 districts making a 6x6 square made a township. The districts were then numbered 1-36. In each township, taxes collected from the 16th district were given solely to public education. This started the basis for taxing citizens to pay for the education system. History is fun.

would plot the land and divide it into even squares, six by six miles across. Each one of these squares was called a "district" and 36 districts making a 6x6 square made a township.

lol. I remember hearing of that. One-room schoolhouses and whatnot. My grandparents went to those when younger. And the "walk 6 miles"


History is fun.

yes :D

If they base the income of schools based off of the surrounding inhabitants then a predominantly poor neighborhood will more than likely have less funds for education and thus a poorer education which leads to an imbalance in our educational system in which some receive better basic education than others?

yes that is correct. It begins a feedback loop.

If that's the case then how come schools aren't paid for by other taxational means? What about income taxes or sales taxes collected by the state rather than based off of one segment of a community?

it depends on the State. Illinois has it highly imbalanced in favor of local taxes instead of the State doing it.