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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

68.3%

Adequacy Gapi

$26.0M

Funding vs. Needi

CARTERVILLE C U SCH DIST 572.45%
$22.2M funded$30.7M target
CARBONDALE ELEM SCH DIST 9565.04%
$15.4M funded$23.7M target
CARBONDALE COMM H S DISTRICT 16561.41%
$10.0M funded$16.3M target
UNITY POINT C C SCHOOL DIST 14071.45%
$5.7M funded$8.0M target
GIANT CITY C C SCHOOL DIST 13074.69%
$2.1M funded$2.8M target

District Detail

CARTERVILLE C U SCH DIST 5Tier 2
72.45% funded$8.5M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $30.7M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $22.2M in resources — that's 72.45% of what it needs. There's a $8.5M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$30.7M

What it hasi

$22.2M

From the statei

$15.6M

This district is better funded than 18% of districts statewide.

CARBONDALE ELEM SCH DIST 95Tier 2
65.04% funded$8.3M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $23.7M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $15.4M in resources — that's 65.04% of what it needs. There's a $8.3M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$23.7M

What it hasi

$15.4M

From the statei

$6.3M

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

CARBONDALE COMM H S DISTRICT 165Tier 2
61.41% funded$6.3M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $16.3M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $10.0M in resources — that's 61.41% of what it needs. There's a $6.3M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$16.3M

What it hasi

$10.0M

From the statei

$2.6M

This district is better funded than 4% of districts statewide.

UNITY POINT C C SCHOOL DIST 140Tier 2
71.45% funded$2.3M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $8.0M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $5.7M in resources — that's 71.45% of what it needs. There's a $2.3M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$8.0M

What it hasi

$5.7M

From the statei

$4.4M

This district is better funded than 15% of districts statewide.

GIANT CITY C C SCHOOL DIST 130Tier 2
74.69% funded$706K gap

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

The state estimates it costs $2.8M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $2.1M in resources — that's 74.69% of what it needs. There's a $706K gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$2.8M

What it hasi

$2.1M

From the statei

$992K

This district is better funded than 28% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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