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School Funding — FY2026i

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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

74.6%

Adequacy Gapi

$75.6M

Funding vs. Needi

CONS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 23069.41%
$92.6M funded$133.3M target
COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DIST 21872.19%
$73.1M funded$101.2M target
PALOS COMM CONS SCHOOL DIST 11887.4%
$28.5M funded$32.6M target
WORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT 12787.73%
$14.6M funded$16.6M target
PALOS HEIGHTS SCHOOL DIST 12894.72%
$10.1M funded$10.7M target

District Detail

CONS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 230Tier 2
69.41% funded$40.8M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $133.3M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $92.6M in resources — that's 69.41% of what it needs. There's a $40.8M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$133.3M

What it hasi

$92.6M

From the statei

$9.1M

This district is better funded than 10% of districts statewide.

COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DIST 218Tier 2
72.19% funded$28.1M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $101.2M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $73.1M in resources — that's 72.19% of what it needs. There's a $28.1M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$101.2M

What it hasi

$73.1M

From the statei

$33.7M

This district is better funded than 17% of districts statewide.

PALOS COMM CONS SCHOOL DIST 118Tier 2
87.4% funded$4.1M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $32.6M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $28.5M in resources — that's 87.4% of what it needs. There's a $4.1M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$32.6M

What it hasi

$28.5M

From the statei

$1.9M

This district is better funded than 63% of districts statewide.

WORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT 127Tier 2
87.73% funded$2.0M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $16.6M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $14.6M in resources — that's 87.73% of what it needs. There's a $2.0M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$16.6M

What it hasi

$14.6M

From the statei

$10.3M

This district is better funded than 64% of districts statewide.

PALOS HEIGHTS SCHOOL DIST 128Tier 3
94.72% funded$563K gap

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

The state estimates it costs $10.7M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $10.1M in resources — that's 94.72% of what it needs. There's a $563K gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$10.7M

What it hasi

$10.1M

From the statei

$615K

This district is better funded than 71% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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