{"id":55,"date":"2015-02-09T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/02\/more-on-detroit-school-funding.html"},"modified":"2015-02-24T21:19:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T03:19:11","slug":"more-on-detroit-school-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/02\/more-on-detroit-school-funding.html","title":{"rendered":"More on Detroit: school funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s an intriguing table, compiled from data at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy<\/a>\u00a0website:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

<\/b><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Per-Student Revenue by Source <\/b>(2011 \u2013 2012)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTroy<\/b><\/td>\nDetroit<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,398 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,548 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6,967 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8,226 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Federal<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 406 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4,493 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,771 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16,266 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State and Federal only<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7,373 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,718 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Troy is, as some of you may have figured out by now, my hometown, a thoroughly suburban sort of place, whose claim to fame is the upscale Somerset Mall, and who, at one point, figured they were so set financially that they turned down a chance to be home to the Detroit-area Ikea. \u00a0So I figure they\u2019re a good comparator, and it is in this case striking that Detroit\u2019s state and federal revenues exceed Troy\u2019s entire revenue.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Put another way, Detroit spends $215,655,823 from local property taxes, and Troy $61,287,580. \u00a0Based on the most recent population estimates<\/a>, we have:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTroy<\/b><\/td>\nDetroit<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total local spending<\/b><\/td>\n61,287,580<\/td>\n215,655,823<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population<\/b><\/td>\n82,821<\/td>\n688,701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Per capita spending<\/b><\/td>\n740<\/td>\n313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Or, another table, based on census data that includes per-capita income<\/a>:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTroy<\/b><\/td>\nDetroit<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Per capita income<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40,022 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14,870 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local spending<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 61,287,580 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 215,655,823 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82,821 <\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 688,701 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total income<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,314,662,062 <\/td>\n\u00a0 10,240,983,870 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local spend as % of income<\/b><\/td>\n1.8%<\/td>\n2.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Which means that Troy\u2019s residents spend slightly less as a percent of their income, on school funding, than do Detroiters.<\/p>\n

But lunch is over. \u00a0What\u2019s your take?<\/p><\/div>\n

(Clarification: \u00a0a portion of the property tax, statewide, is collected by the state, and shows up under State revenue. \u00a0So this really differentiates between the two cities solely in terms of \u201cadditional\u201d property tax.)<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s an intriguing table, compiled from data at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy\u00a0website: Per-Student Revenue by Source (2011 \u2013 2012) Troy Detroit Local\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,398 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,548 State \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6,967 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8,226 Federal \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 406 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4,493 Total \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,771 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16,266 State and Federal only \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7,373 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,718 Troy is, as some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,42],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-detroit","tag-schools"],"yoast_head":"\nMore on Detroit: school funding<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's an intriguing table, compiled from data at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy website: Per-Student Revenue by Source (2011 - 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