HIGH RENTS
Image charter schools in St. Louis paid a higher percentage of revenue on rent than all other charter schools in the city, according to data from the 2009-10 school year. A look those costs for all city charter schools:
| Rent cost | Rent as percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Annual rent | per student | of state revenue |
| Imagine Academy of Careers * | $3,138,396 | $2,323.02 | 20.6% |
| Imagine Acad. Environmental Science and Math | $2,449,450 | $1,829.31 | 16.4% |
| Imagine Academy of Academic Success | $709,932 | $1,485.21 | 14.7% |
| Confluence College Prep | $240,910 | $1,033.95 | 9.8% |
| Construction Careers Center | $320,000 | $846.56 | 8.4% |
| Confluence South City | $736,000** | $812.36 | 7.7% |
| St. Louis Charter School | $714,371 | $782.44 | 6.7% |
| Lift for Life | $383,128*** | $882.78 | 6.7% |
| Confluence Walnut Park | $586,000** | $639.04 | 6.1% |
| Confluence Old North | $586,000** | $626.07 | 6.0% |
| KIPP Inspire Academy | $94,600 | $1,139.76 | 4.0% |
| St. Louis Language Immersion | $126,306 | $756.32 | 3.7% |
| City Garden Montessori | $36,000 | $450.00 | 3.7% |
*Imagine Academy of Careers includes three schools: Careers Elementary, Careers Middle and College Preparatory Academy
** Payment goes toward a $19 million bond used to buy the buildings.
*** Payment is a mortgage payment.
Sources: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, school audits, annual lease agreements, school administrators
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