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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

89.5%

Adequacy Gapi

$15.8M

Funding vs. Needi

DEKALB COMM UNIT SCH DIST 42893.43%
$98.0M funded$104.9M target
SYCAMORE C U SCHOOL DIST 42782.38%
$41.6M funded$50.5M target

District Detail

DEKALB COMM UNIT SCH DIST 428Tier 3
93.43% funded$6.9M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $104.9M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $98.0M in resources — that's 93.43% of what it needs. There's a $6.9M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$104.9M

What it hasi

$98.0M

From the statei

$57.4M

This district is better funded than 69% of districts statewide.

SYCAMORE C U SCHOOL DIST 427Tier 2
82.38% funded$8.9M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $50.5M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $41.6M in resources — that's 82.38% of what it needs. There's a $8.9M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$50.5M

What it hasi

$41.6M

From the statei

$14.1M

This district is better funded than 56% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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