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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

81.2%

Adequacy Gapi

$8.0M

Funding vs. Needi

WATERLOO COMM UNIT SCH DIST 582.53%
$29.8M funded$36.2M target
NEW ATHENS C U SCHOOL DIST 6073.37%
$4.8M funded$6.5M target

District Detail

WATERLOO COMM UNIT SCH DIST 5Tier 2
82.53% funded$6.3M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $36.2M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $29.8M in resources — that's 82.53% of what it needs. There's a $6.3M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$36.2M

What it hasi

$29.8M

From the statei

$4.9M

This district is better funded than 57% of districts statewide.

NEW ATHENS C U SCHOOL DIST 60Tier 2
73.37% funded$1.7M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $6.5M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $4.8M in resources — that's 73.37% of what it needs. There's a $1.7M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$6.5M

What it hasi

$4.8M

From the statei

$1.7M

This district is better funded than 22% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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