Penniless School District & Struggling Elementary School NCLB allocations

Last year, Penniless School District, with its population of 15,000 students and a poverty rate of 35.0% received Basic Grant funds (more than 10 individual or 2% rate students in poverty) and Concentration Grant funds (greater than 6,500 or 15% students in poverty). Further, each additional poor child above 30.2% received 3.25 times the Title I funding as each child in poverty up to 16%, as per the Targeted funds scale. Our district received $385 in Title I funds per student up to the 16% threshold. For the number of students between 16% and 35% (our poverty level), which is 2,850 students, they earned 3.25 that number, or $1,251 per student. In total, our district then earned $8.2 million in Basic and Targeted grants. Struggling School District, with population 800, received $437,000, or $546 per student. This amount does not include funds deducted for administration, and the required funds to be set aside for school improvement activities, transportation costs. The amount per student was $390 per student when these items were deducted. All additional needed per student funds came from Nowhere State, which contributed an additional $200 per student. This put us 32nd in the nation in terms of per child funding.