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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

104.3%

Adequacy Gapi

$2.7M

Funding vs. Needi

OAK PARK ELEM SCHOOL DIST 9796.51%
$74.0M funded$76.7M target
OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST DIST 200116.94%
$61.6M funded$52.7M target

District Detail

OAK PARK ELEM SCHOOL DIST 97Tier 3
96.51% funded$2.7M gap

90-100% of adequacy — receives limited new state funding

The state estimates it costs $76.7M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $74.0M in resources — that's 96.51% of what it needs. There's a $2.7M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$76.7M

What it hasi

$74.0M

From the statei

$11.4M

This district is better funded than 73% of districts statewide.

OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST DIST 200Tier 4
116.94% funded

At or above 100% of adequacy — fully funded

The state estimates it costs $52.7M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $61.6M in resources — that's 116.94% of what it needs. This district meets or exceeds its funding target.

What it needsi

$52.7M

What it hasi

$61.6M

From the statei

$6.2M

This district is better funded than 89% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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