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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

77.1%

Adequacy Gapi

$17.3M

Funding vs. Needi

BALL CHATHAM C U SCHOOL DIST 576.15%
$46.7M funded$61.3M target
AUBURN COMM UNIT SCHOOL DIST 1081.15%
$11.5M funded$14.1M target

District Detail

BALL CHATHAM C U SCHOOL DIST 5Tier 2
76.15% funded$14.6M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $61.3M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $46.7M in resources — that's 76.15% of what it needs. There's a $14.6M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$61.3M

What it hasi

$46.7M

From the statei

$12.0M

This district is better funded than 34% of districts statewide.

AUBURN COMM UNIT SCHOOL DIST 10Tier 2
81.15% funded$2.7M gap

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

The state estimates it costs $14.1M to adequately educate all students in this district. The district currently has $11.5M in resources — that's 81.15% of what it needs. There's a $2.7M gap between what the district has and what it needs.

What it needsi

$14.1M

What it hasi

$11.5M

From the statei

$6.4M

This district is better funded than 53% of districts statewide.

Statewide Tier Distributioni

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