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School Funding — FY2026i

Source

Illinois uses Evidence-Based Funding to determine whether Highland CUSD 5 has enough money. Here's where it stands. 60-90% of adequacy — receives moderate new state funding.

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

% of Adequacyi

77.8%

Adequacy Gapi

$8.2M

Funding vs. Needi

HIGHLAND COMM UNIT SCH DIST 577.75%
$28.6M funded$36.8M target

District Detail

HIGHLAND COMM UNIT SCH DIST 5Tier 2
77.75% funded$8.2M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $36.8M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $28.6M in resources — that's 77.75% of what it needs. There's a $8.2M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$36.8M

What it hasi

$28.6M

From the statei

$8.7M

This district is better funded than 42% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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