Estimated amount of proceeds for Scholastics book fair?

Question

I am a librarian who works closely with our city's middle school. The middle school has recently cut out its school library services, so it relies heavily on us because we are so close in proximity.

This year, we have agreed to hold the book fair at our library. I will find out the following information when I meet with the Scholastics book fair representative, but until then...About how much money would our library make from the book sale? What is usually the sponsoring organization's cut out of the total amount brought in?

The student body that would be visiting is about 400-450 students.

Thank you for your answers in advance!

Answer 1

That is about the size of our book fair every year although we live in a pretty poor community.  Our average is usually around $700 in books and &1,100 in cash.