Burbio School Tracker

Our K-12 Spending and Policy insights newsletter highlighting key data points from our proprietary research, covering school funding, budgets, board meetings, strategic plans, enrollment, leadership, and more. 
 
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K-12 Spending

2/21 Update:  Staffing Vocabulary

This week we look at terminology found in federal stimulus spending documents related to teacher training, compensation, and hiring in K-12

K-12 Spending

Week of 1/9: Top Ten, Bottom Ten

This week we review recently announced NCES school enrollment data, charter school ESSER III spending rates, and more.

School Enrollment

Week of 10/24: Functions & Objects

District budgets are often highly detailed and thus our spending categorizations are very granular, but they can also be rolled up to see higher...

School Grants

Week of 10/17: SEL, Mental Health & Engagement

In previous blogs we have covered examples of initiatives covering mental health, student engagement, and attendance across K-12. This week we drill...

School Grants

Week of 9/19: Dollars Per Student

This week we take a look at enrollment trends in districts getting the highest levels of ESSER III funding.

School Grants

Week of 9/5: Forecasting Decline

Burbio's School Budget Tracker documents detailed K-12 spending, and as part of that initiative we see discussion of district enrollments. This week...

School Grants

Week of 7/25:  Topline Revenues

This week we look at topline FY23 school district budget changes, how school calendars are adjusting their first day of school, and other trends in...

K-12 Spending

Week of 7/11:  The Drop in Grades 1-5

This week we look at enrollment trends in grades 1-5 over the past year, recently signed legislation in Arizona, ongoing bus driver shortages, HVAC...

K-12 Spending

Week of 6/20: Lunch Money

Mask mandate trends across the academic year, an example of shifts in food service delivery looming in K-12, and a snapshot of ESSER III actual...

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