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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

79.8%

Adequacy Gapi

$28.9M

Funding vs. Needi

WAUCONDA COMM UNIT S DIST 11875.09%
$51.1M funded$68.0M target
MUNDELEIN CONS HIGH SCH DIST 12070.62%
$28.4M funded$40.2M target
FREMONT SCHOOL DIST 7999.43%
$29.1M funded$29.2M target

District Detail

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.

MUNDELEIN CONS HIGH SCH DIST 120Tier 2
70.62% funded$11.8M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $40.2M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $28.4M in resources — that's 70.62% of what it needs. There's a $11.8M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$40.2M

What it hasi

$28.4M

From the statei

$5.0M

This district is better funded than 13% of districts statewide.

FREMONT SCHOOL DIST 79Tier 3
99.43% funded$167K gap

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

The state estimates it costs $29.2M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $29.1M in resources — that's 99.43% of what it needs. There's a $167K gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$29.2M

What it hasi

$29.1M

From the statei

$1.9M

This district is better funded than 76% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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