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Illinois School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 1435
Median expenditures $14.7M
25th–75th percentile $6.7M  –  $33.9M
Total spend $58.03B
  1. #1
    Chicago Public Schools District 299
    FY 2025 pop. 1,292,188
    Expenditures $9.15B
    Revenue $8.77B
  2. #2
    School District U-46 (elgin Area)
    FY 2022 pop. 35,864
    Expenditures $717.8M
    Revenue $782.6M
  3. #3
    SD U-46
    FY 2025 pop. 134,100
    Expenditures $677.8M
    Revenue $777.4M
  4. #4
    Rockford SD 205
    FY 2025 pop. 112,648
    Expenditures $591.5M
    Revenue $612.7M
  5. #5
    Indian Prairie Community UNIT School District 204
    FY 2022 pop. 25,815
    Expenditures $480.8M
    Revenue $524.5M
  6. #6
    Indian Prairie CUSD 204
    FY 2025 pop. 103,728
    Expenditures $472.6M
    Revenue $462.2M
  7. #7
    Plainfield SD 202
    FY 2025 pop. 97,644
    Expenditures $395.8M
    Revenue $421.8M
  8. #8
    Community UNIT School District 300
    FY 2022 pop. 20,293
    Expenditures $395.3M
    Revenue $416.8M
  9. #9
    CUSD 300
    FY 2025 pop. 81,568
    Expenditures $381.9M
    Revenue $394.9M
  10. #10
    Naperville Community UNIT District 203
    FY 2022 pop. 16,245
    Expenditures $364.8M
    Revenue $388.6M
  11. #11
    Valley View CUSD 365U
    FY 2025 pop. 58,116
    Expenditures $354.4M
    Revenue $352.9M
  12. #12
    Springfield SD 186
    FY 2025 pop. 51,180
    Expenditures $343.3M
    Revenue $300.1M
  13. #13
    Valley VIEW Community UNIT School District 365 U
    FY 2022 pop. 15,194
    Expenditures $341.3M
    Revenue $411.3M
  14. #14
    Township HSD 214
    FY 2025 pop. 46,948
    Expenditures $341.2M
    Revenue $333.1M
  15. #15
    Naperville CUSD 203
    FY 2025 pop. 63,596
    Expenditures $329.8M
    Revenue $337.1M
  16. #16
    Waukegan Community UNIT School District 60
    FY 2022 pop. 14,152
    Expenditures $315.3M
    Revenue $320.2M
  17. #17
    Waukegan CUSD 60
    FY 2025 pop. 54,204
    Expenditures $315.2M
    Revenue $312.2M
  18. #18
    CUSD 308
    FY 2025 pop. 66,404
    Expenditures $311.3M
    Revenue $310.9M
  19. #19
    Township HSD 211
    FY 2025 pop. 49,168
    Expenditures $305.8M
    Revenue $311.3M
  20. #20
    Oswego Community UNIT School District 308
    FY 2022 pop. 17,031
    Expenditures $295.4M
    Revenue $336.1M
  21. #21
    Palatine CCSD 15
    FY 2025 pop. 44,996
    Expenditures $286.9M
    Revenue $222.6M
  22. #22
    Aurora East USD 131
    FY 2025 pop. 48,172
    Expenditures $275.7M
    Revenue $269.2M
  23. #23
    Schaumburg CCSD 54
    FY 2025 pop. 61,064
    Expenditures $270.6M
    Revenue $261.4M
  24. #24
    Peoria SD 150
    FY 2025 pop. 51,428
    Expenditures $256.4M
    Revenue $255.7M
  25. #25
    Champaign Community UNIT School District 4
    FY 2022 pop. 10,277
    Expenditures $252.5M
    Revenue $228.3M
  26. #26
    ST Charles Community UNIT School District 303
    FY 2022 pop. 11,958
    Expenditures $249.5M
    Revenue $260.3M
  27. #27
    Aurora EAST School District 131
    FY 2022 pop. 12,894
    Expenditures $246.4M
    Revenue $272.7M
  28. #28
    Community UNIT School District 200
    FY 2022 pop. 11,709
    Expenditures $238.9M
    Revenue $265.9M
  29. #29
    CUSD 200
    FY 2025 pop. 46,012
    Expenditures $238.6M
    Revenue $231.1M
  30. #30
    Barrington Community UNIT School District 220
    FY 2022 pop. 8,161
    Expenditures $235.5M
    Revenue $214.1M
  31. #31
    St Charles CUSD 303
    FY 2025 pop. 46,440
    Expenditures $235.3M
    Revenue $228.3M
  32. #32
    Aurora West USD 129
    FY 2025 pop. 43,928
    Expenditures $229.6M
    Revenue $244.8M
  33. #33
    Barrington CUSD 220
    FY 2025 pop. 31,524
    Expenditures $221.6M
    Revenue $192.8M
  34. #34
    Champaign CUSD 4
    FY 2025 pop. 41,860
    Expenditures $220.1M
    Revenue $223.4M
  35. #35
    McLean County USD 5
    FY 2025 pop. 48,876
    Expenditures $215.3M
    Revenue $207.0M
  36. #36
    Elmhurst SD 205
    FY 2025 pop. 32,836
    Expenditures $211.5M
    Revenue $181.8M
  37. #37
    Cicero SD 99
    FY 2025 pop. 34,484
    Expenditures $201.2M
    Revenue $216.1M
  38. #38
    Glenbard Twp HSD 87
    FY 2025 pop. 30,596
    Expenditures $200.5M
    Revenue $191.7M
  39. #39
    Joliet PSD 86
    FY 2025 pop. 37,180
    Expenditures $198.6M
    Revenue $212.5M
  40. #40
    Aurora WEST UNIT School District 129
    FY 2022 pop. 11,195
    Expenditures $197.8M
    Revenue $227.7M
  41. #41
    Evanston CCSD 65
    FY 2025 pop. 24,188
    Expenditures $197.7M
    Revenue $181.0M
  42. #42
    Mclean County UNIT District 5
    FY 2022 pop. 12,593
    Expenditures $196.0M
    Revenue $220.8M
  43. #43
    Joliet School District 86
    FY 2022 pop. 9,872
    Expenditures $194.8M
    Revenue $217.3M
  44. #44
    Cons HSD 230
    FY 2025 pop. 29,940
    Expenditures $192.1M
    Revenue $180.6M
  45. #45
    Consolidated HIGH School District 230
    FY 2022 pop. 7,787
    Expenditures $188.9M
    Revenue $191.2M
  46. #46
    Maine Township HSD 207
    FY 2025 pop. 24,788
    Expenditures $180.5M
    Revenue $198.0M
  47. #47
    Hinsdale Township School District 86
    FY 2022 pop. 3,894
    Expenditures $175.4M
    Revenue $141.5M
  48. #48
    Northfield Township HIGH School District 225
    FY 2022 pop. 5,132
    Expenditures $174.7M
    Revenue $196.3M
  49. #49
    Niles Twp HSD 219
    FY 2025 pop. 18,308
    Expenditures $172.9M
    Revenue $196.1M
  50. #50
    Glenbrook HSD 225
    FY 2025 pop. 19,900
    Expenditures $172.0M
    Revenue $181.4M
  51. #51
    Thornton Twp HSD 205
    FY 2025 pop. 17,020
    Expenditures $171.0M
    Revenue $165.0M
  52. #52
    New Trier Twp HSD 203
    FY 2025 pop. 14,440
    Expenditures $169.9M
    Revenue $153.3M
  53. #53
    Decatur SD 61
    FY 2025 pop. 30,960
    Expenditures $169.2M
    Revenue $163.9M
  54. #54
    J S Morton HSD 201
    FY 2025 pop. 30,288
    Expenditures $168.9M
    Revenue $195.6M
  55. #55
    Wheeling CCSD 21
    FY 2025 pop. 24,956
    Expenditures $162.3M
    Revenue $156.7M
  56. #56
    Community Consolidated School District 59
    FY 2022 pop. 5,858
    Expenditures $160.5M
    Revenue $164.8M
  57. #57
    Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125
    FY 2025 pop. 18,876
    Expenditures $155.3M
    Revenue $144.5M
  58. #58
    Round LAKE AREA School District 116
    FY 2022 pop. 6,359
    Expenditures $151.4M
    Revenue $160.4M
  59. #59
    Edwardsville CUSD 7
    FY 2025 pop. 28,120
    Expenditures $150.6M
    Revenue $122.4M
  60. #60
    CHSD 218
    FY 2025 pop. 21,468
    Expenditures $148.2M
    Revenue $159.4M
  61. #61
    Twp HSD 113
    FY 2025 pop. 12,000
    Expenditures $147.0M
    Revenue $129.0M
  62. #62
    North Shore SD 112
    FY 2025 pop. 14,780
    Expenditures $146.7M
    Revenue $110.8M
  63. #63
    Round Lake CUSD 116
    FY 2025 pop. 24,024
    Expenditures $146.1M
    Revenue $142.5M
  64. #64
    DeKalb CUSD 428
    FY 2025 pop. 26,336
    Expenditures $145.4M
    Revenue $158.0M
  65. #65
    Huntley Community School District 158
    FY 2025 pop. 33,432
    Expenditures $141.1M
    Revenue $142.5M
  66. #66
    Belvidere CUSD 100
    FY 2025 pop. 29,832
    Expenditures $139.8M
    Revenue $146.0M
  67. #67
    Joliet Twp HSD 204
    FY 2025 pop. 26,484
    Expenditures $139.3M
    Revenue $173.6M
  68. #68
    East St Louis SD 189
    FY 2025 pop. 18,232
    Expenditures $139.1M
    Revenue $147.1M
  69. #69
    Lincoln Way CHSD 210
    FY 2025 pop. 26,556
    Expenditures $138.9M
    Revenue $148.0M
  70. #70
    Belvidere Community UNIT School District 100
    FY 2022 pop. 7,516
    Expenditures $138.4M
    Revenue $154.7M
  71. #71
    Dekalb Community UNIT School District 428
    FY 2022 pop. 6,851
    Expenditures $136.8M
    Revenue $154.9M
  72. #72
    Arlington Heights SD 25
    FY 2025 pop. 21,436
    Expenditures $134.8M
    Revenue $104.2M
  73. #73
    Comm Cons SD 59
    FY 2025 pop. 23,276
    Expenditures $132.6M
    Revenue $145.6M
  74. #74
    CHSD 99
    FY 2025 pop. 18,392
    Expenditures $132.0M
    Revenue $123.3M
  75. #75
    Hinsdale Twp HSD 86
    FY 2025 pop. 15,204
    Expenditures $131.5M
    Revenue $125.5M
  76. #76
    Danville CCSD 118
    FY 2025 pop. 19,600
    Expenditures $131.3M
    Revenue $112.0M
  77. #77
    LAKE Zurich Community UNIT School District 95
    FY 2022 pop. 5,549
    Expenditures $130.5M
    Revenue $128.6M
  78. #78
    Glenview CCSD 34
    FY 2025 pop. 17,080
    Expenditures $130.4M
    Revenue $102.9M
  79. #79
    Lake Zurich CUSD 95
    FY 2025 pop. 22,872
    Expenditures $129.0M
    Revenue $117.3M
  80. #80
    Lincoln WAY CHS District 210
    FY 2022 pop. 6,665
    Expenditures $128.4M
    Revenue $158.8M
  81. #81
    Bremen CHSD 228
    FY 2025 pop. 18,664
    Expenditures $128.1M
    Revenue $133.3M
  82. #82
    Harlem UD 122
    FY 2025 pop. 24,180
    Expenditures $127.9M
    Revenue $126.1M
  83. #83
    Crete Monee CUSD 201U
    FY 2025 pop. 17,944
    Expenditures $127.3M
    Revenue $106.0M
  84. #84
    Harlem UNIT School District 122
    FY 2022 pop. 6,286
    Expenditures $126.6M
    Revenue $135.0M
  85. #85
    Proviso Twp HSD 209
    FY 2025 pop. 16,700
    Expenditures $126.5M
    Revenue $124.1M
  86. #86
    Yorkville CUSD 115
    FY 2025 pop. 28,388
    Expenditures $123.6M
    Revenue $125.1M
  87. #87
    Geneva CUSD 304
    FY 2025 pop. 19,856
    Expenditures $121.0M
    Revenue $119.1M
  88. #88
    Leyden CHSD 212
    FY 2025 pop. 13,672
    Expenditures $120.6M
    Revenue $136.1M
  89. #89
    Rock Island SD 41
    FY 2025 pop. 24,844
    Expenditures $120.3M
    Revenue $108.8M
  90. #90
    Moline School District 40
    FY 2022 pop. 7,185
    Expenditures $119.9M
    Revenue $134.3M
  91. #91
    Oak Park ESD 97
    FY 2025 pop. 22,004
    Expenditures $117.8M
    Revenue $123.6M
  92. #92
    Geneva Community UNIT School District 304
    FY 2022 pop. 5,156
    Expenditures $117.5M
    Revenue $132.8M
  93. #93
    Rich Twp HSD 227
    FY 2025 pop. 9,388
    Expenditures $116.5M
    Revenue $96.5M
  94. #94
    CHSD 155
    FY 2025 pop. 20,784
    Expenditures $115.6M
    Revenue $120.1M
  95. #95
    DES Plaines School District 62
    FY 2022 pop. 4,233
    Expenditures $115.2M
    Revenue $135.1M
  96. #96
    Woodstock Community UNIT School District 200
    FY 2022 pop. 6,140
    Expenditures $114.6M
    Revenue $129.6M
  97. #97
    Woodstock CUSD 200
    FY 2025 pop. 24,444
    Expenditures $112.3M
    Revenue $119.9M
  98. #98
    CCSD 62
    FY 2025 pop. 17,952
    Expenditures $111.8M
    Revenue $116.4M
  99. #99
    Kankakee SD 111
    FY 2025 pop. 17,820
    Expenditures $111.6M
    Revenue $91.8M
  100. #100
    Crete Monee Community UNIT School District 201-u
    FY 2022 pop. 4,375
    Expenditures $110.6M
    Revenue $109.6M