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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

69.5%

Adequacy Gapi

$32.1M

Funding vs. Needi

BLOOM TWP HIGH SCH DIST 20668.2%
$40.7M funded$59.7M target
STEGER SCHOOL DISTRICT 19463.83%
$15.9M funded$24.9M target
COMM CONS SCHOOL DIST 16879.91%
$16.4M funded$20.6M target

District Detail

BLOOM TWP HIGH SCH DIST 206Tier 2
68.2% funded$19.0M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $59.7M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $40.7M in resources — that's 68.2% of what it needs. There's a $19.0M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$59.7M

What it hasi

$40.7M

From the statei

$27.7M

This district is better funded than 8% of districts statewide.

STEGER SCHOOL DISTRICT 194Tier 2
63.83% funded$9.0M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $24.9M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $15.9M in resources — that's 63.83% of what it needs. There's a $9.0M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$24.9M

What it hasi

$15.9M

From the statei

$11.5M

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

COMM CONS SCHOOL DIST 168Tier 2
79.91% funded$4.1M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $20.6M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $16.4M in resources — that's 79.91% of what it needs. There's a $4.1M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$20.6M

What it hasi

$16.4M

From the statei

$14.9M

This district is better funded than 50% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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