Ingenuity State of the Arts Report 2016-17 Ingenuity_SOTA_2016-17 | Page 5

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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1,491.5
Known arts staffing continued to increase; this year,
1,491.5 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) were identified,
up from 1,402 in 2015–16.
90% of schools reported having a
dedicated arts budget.
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ARTS INSTRUCTORS
521 community arts partners actively
served 97% of schools.
579
521
90%
have a dedicated
arts budget
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Administrators and teachers in
77% of all schools, and 67% of high
schools, participated in arts-specific
professional development, the lowest
rate since 2012–13.
2015–16
SCHOOL YEAR
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77%
engaged in arts
specific professional
development
2016–17
Fourteen Chicago-based foundations
and corporations reported supporting
arts education by donating $9,029,955.
The addition of $1,515,755 from
Ingenuity’s Creative Schools Fund
brought the 2016–17 community
investment in arts education to more
than $10.5 million.
$10.5 MILLION
PROGRESS REPORT | 2016–17