Bancroft-Rosalie School will receive an increase of $305,334 in state aid for the next school year. That will make the total amount $986,635. The amount received because of option enrollment is $409,310.
State aid is determined by taking the difference between a school districts resources (mostly property valuation) and its needs. Bancroft-Rosalie had a large increase is its needs for next year. This is a result of changes made in the state aid formula two years ago which changed the way needs are calculated. Needs are now calculated by taking the average expenditures of the ten schools closest in student enrollment (five larger and five smaller). Here is a list of the ten schools used for 2009-10 state aid and their expenditures.
As you can see, Bancroft-Rosalie is a low spending school.
AMHERST PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1,969,840.39
GARDEN COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,903,270.66
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 3,191,934.68
WALTHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2,658,678.11
EAST BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2,634,217.94
BANCROFT-ROSALIE COMM SCHOOLS 1,707,316.92
OVERTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2,418,745.44
LOUP CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2,921,918.30
MAXWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2,642,894.98
SCRIBNER-SNYDER COMMUNITY SCHS 2,449,589.08
EMERSON-HUBBARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2,552,826.58
