Illinois Data Desk
Find the records behind a local education story. Start with a jurisdiction, inspect the reporting period and definitions, and download evidence you can check and cite. Coverage is source-specific. Missing or suppressed values are not zero, and similarly named measures are not necessarily comparable across states.
- District / agency profiles
- 864
- School profiles
- 3827
- Coverage snapshot generated (not government release date)
- 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- District experience
- Does every district have a page built on the shared design, with its sources disclosed? 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Finance detail
- What did the district spend, broken down by function and line item? 859 of 864 applicable districts covered; partial.
- Trends
- How has a figure moved across years, on one consistent definition? 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Comparisons
- Can a district be put beside its peers on the same measure, year and scope? 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Funding and taxes
- Where does the money come from, and what does it cost a taxpayer? 851 of 864 applicable districts covered; partial.
- Staffing
- How many staff, in which roles, and what are they paid in aggregate? 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Outcomes
- Graduation, assessments and classroom measures. 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Students
- Enrollment, demographics and student groups. 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Programs
- What courses and pathways are taken, and by how many students? 568 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Climate
- Attendance and discipline. 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Schools
- Does each school have its own sourced profile, joined to its district? 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; partial.
- Fiscal transparency
- Fiscal health, reserves, budgets and the source documents themselves. 850 of 864 applicable districts covered; partial.
- Distribution
- Is every district and school page crawlable, linked and in the sitemap? 864 of 864 applicable districts covered; complete.
- Why coverage is 96.5%
- 9,176 of 9,504 district-by-topic cells have a published figure; 296 are withheld by the agency and 32 are documented as not published.
- Programs
- 568 of 864.
- Fiscal transparency
- 850 of 864. ISBE School District Financial Profile score and AFR fund ratios: 14 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: ISBE's 2026 School District Financial Profile Scores Report (850 regular school districts) does not compute a profile score for University of Ill Lab School (Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union, RCDT 65108902080), and the 2025 Report Card Finance sheet carries no pension obligation row for this agency.
- Funding and taxes
- 851 of 864. District revenue, Evidence-Based Funding, and property tax rates: 13 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: ISBE's Report Card Finance, Evidence-Based Funding, and Real Property Equalized Assessed Valuation / Tax Rate files carry no revenue or tax rate rows for Southland College Prep Chtr HS (RCDT 07016901025).
- Limitation
- ISBE's 2026 School District Financial Profile Scores Report (850 regular school districts) does not compute a profile score for University of Ill Lab School (Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union, RCDT 65108902080), and the 2025 Report Card Finance sheet carries no pension obligation row for this agency.
- Limitation
- ISBE's Report Card Finance, Evidence-Based Funding, and Real Property Equalized Assessed Valuation / Tax Rate files carry no revenue or tax rate rows for Southland College Prep Chtr HS (RCDT 07016901025).
- Limitation
- ISBE's Report Card Finance and OEPP/PCTC files carry no expenditure rows for University of Ill Lab School (RCDT 65108902080).
- Reporting kits
- No reporting kit download is offered for Illinois. Held from open data pending the source-terms audit: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) source terms have not been cleared for CC BY redistribution. Each figure and its source remain on the district profiles.
Reporting areas
- Arizona
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Source documents
- Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
- Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
- Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
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- Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
- Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
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