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School Funding — FY2026i

Source

Illinois uses Evidence-Based Funding to determine whether your school districts have enough money. Here's where they stand.

What is Evidence-Based Funding?

Illinois' Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) formula, enacted in 2017, calculates an Adequacy Target for each district — the estimated cost to provide an adequate education. It then compares each district's available resources to that target.

Districts are assigned to Tiers 1-4 based on their percentage of adequacy. Tier 1 districts (most underfunded) receive the largest share of new state funding.

Tier 1: Below 60% of adequacy

Tier 2: 60% to below 90% of adequacy

Tier 3: 90% to below 100% of adequacy

Tier 4: At or above 100% of adequacy

Source: ISBE Evidence-Based Funding

Avg % of Adequacyi

66.3%

Adequacy Gapi

$29.3M

Funding vs. Needi

OAK LAWN-HOMETOWN SCH DIST 12366.96%
$35.2M funded$52.6M target
OAK LAWN COMM H S DIST 22965.27%
$22.4M funded$34.4M target

District Detail

OAK LAWN-HOMETOWN SCH DIST 123Tier 2
66.96% funded$17.4M gap

60-90% of adequacy — receives moderate new state funding

The state estimates it costs $52.6M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $35.2M in resources — that's 66.96% of what it needs. There's a $17.4M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$52.6M

What it hasi

$35.2M

From the statei

$13.9M

This district is better funded than 7% of districts statewide.

OAK LAWN COMM H S DIST 229Tier 2
65.27% funded$11.9M gap

60-90% of adequacy — receives moderate new state funding

The state estimates it costs $34.4M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $22.4M in resources — that's 65.27% of what it needs. There's a $11.9M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$34.4M

What it hasi

$22.4M

From the statei

$8.9M

This district is better funded than 5% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

Tier 1: 36
Tier 2: 579 (yours)
Tier 3: 96
Tier 4: 221