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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

95.6%

Adequacy Gapi

$36.9M

Funding vs. Needi

BARRINGTON C U SCHOOL DIST 220118.57%
$139.9M funded$118.0M target
COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DIST 15583.84%
$70.7M funded$84.3M target
WAUCONDA COMM UNIT S DIST 11875.09%
$51.1M funded$68.0M target
CARY C C SCHOOL DIST 2680.87%
$27.0M funded$33.4M target

District Detail

BARRINGTON C U SCHOOL DIST 220Tier 4
118.57% funded

At or above 100% of adequacy — fully funded

The state estimates it costs $118.0M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $139.9M in resources — that's 118.57% of what it needs. This district meets or exceeds its funding target.

What it needsi

$118.0M

What it hasi

$139.9M

From the statei

$6.5M

This district is better funded than 90% of districts statewide.

COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DIST 155Tier 2
83.84% funded$13.6M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $84.3M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $70.7M in resources — that's 83.84% of what it needs. There's a $13.6M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$84.3M

What it hasi

$70.7M

From the statei

$17.2M

This district is better funded than 60% of districts statewide.

WAUCONDA COMM UNIT S DIST 118Tier 2
75.09% funded$16.9M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $68.0M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $51.1M in resources — that's 75.09% of what it needs. There's a $16.9M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$68.0M

What it hasi

$51.1M

From the statei

$14.0M

This district is better funded than 31% of districts statewide.

CARY C C SCHOOL DIST 26Tier 2
80.87% funded$6.4M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $33.4M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $27.0M in resources — that's 80.87% of what it needs. There's a $6.4M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$33.4M

What it hasi

$27.0M

From the statei

$4.6M

This district is better funded than 52% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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