Herrin Community Unit School District 4, Elverado Community Unit School District 196 and Trico Community Unit School District 176 received the lowest financial ratings in Illinois by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2017 finances.
ISBE started profiling the financial health of the state's school districts in 2003, using experts to evaluate five areas: fund balance to revenue ratio, expenditure to revenue ratio, days cash on hand, percentage of short-term borrowing ability remaining, and percentage of long-term borrowing ability remaining. The results are combined into a score, which corresponds with one of four designations.
Districts that score between 1 and 2.61 are on "financial watch;" between 2.62 and 3.07 "financial warning;" between 3.08 and 3.53 "financial review;" and between 3.54 and 4.00 "financial recognition."
200 unhealthiest Illinois school districts
Crete Monee Community Unit School District 201U
Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School District 188
Cherry School District 92
Alton Community Unit School District No. 11
Chicago Public School District 299
Frankfort Community Unit School District 168
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7
Thornton School District 154
Wabash Community Unit School District 348
Lebanon Community Unit School District 9
Lincoln Way Community High School District 210
La Grange School District 102
Country Club Hills School District 160
Bellwood School District 88
Morris School District 54
Streator Elementary School District 44
Brown County Community Unit School District 1
Calhoun Community Unit School District 40
Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24
Centralia High School District 200
Belleville Township High School District 201
Allendale Community Consolidated School District 17
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Dalzell Grade School District 98
Norridge School District 80
New Athens Community Unit School District 60
Virginia Community Unit School District 64
Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3
Sycamore Community Unit School District 427
Kankakee School District 111
Oswego Community Unit School District 308
Triad Community Unit School District 2
Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12
Sparta Community Unit School District 140
Herrin Community Unit School District 4
Oak Grove School District 68
Bond County Community Unit School District No. 2
Elverado Community Unit School District 196
Momence Community Unit School District 1
Bethalto Community Unit School District 8
Chester Community Unit School District 139
Winchester Community Unit School District 1
Central School District 104
Depue Unit School District 103
Breese Elementary School District 12
Ford Heights School District 169
Reavis Township High School District 220
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Pembroke Community Consolidated School District 259
Ottawa Elementary School District 141
Madison Community Unit School District 12
Sandoval Community Unit School District 501
McLean County Unit School District 5
Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3
Western Community Unit School District 12
Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3
Brooklyn Unit School District 188
Millstadt Community Consolidated School District 160
Orangeville Community Unit School District 203
Dongola Unit School District 66
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Princeton Elementary School District 115
River Grove School District 85.5
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Sandwich Community Unit School District 430
Unity Point School District 140
Trico Community Unit School District 176
Tri Point Community Unit School District 6J
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10
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Harlem Community School District 122
Altamont Community Unit School District 10
Vienna Elementary School District 55
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Meridian Community Unit School District 15
East Alton School District 13
Peoria School District 150
Duquoin Community Unit School District 300
Meridian Community Unit School District 101
East Moline School District 37
Cahokia Unit School District 187
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90
Quincy Public School District 172
Berwyn South School District 100
Hoover Schrum Memorial School District 157
Calumet City School District 155
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147
Summit School District 104
Matteson Elementary School District 162
Homewood School District 153
Christopher Unit School District 99
Knoxville Community Unit School District 202
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
North Chicago School District 187
Zion Elementary School District 6
Grayslake Community Consolidated School District 46
Peru Elementary School District 124
Wallace Community Consolidated School District 195
Maroa Forsyth Community Unit School District 2
Gillespie Community Unit School District 7
Tamaroa School District 5
Shiloh Village School District 85
Oakwood Community Unit School District 76
Georgetown Ridge Farm Community Unit School District 4
Richland School District 88A
Hinsdale Township High School District 86
Community High School District 99
Lake Forest School District 67
West Carroll Community Unit School District 314
Fisher Community Unit School District 1
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St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169
Wesclin Community Unit School District 3
Willow Grove School District 46
Mattoon Community Unit School District 2
Cicero School District 99
Komarek School District 94
Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65
Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144
Bremen Community High School District 228
Community Consolidated School District 168
Burnham School District 154-5
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Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10
Jasper County Community Unit School District 1
Vienna High School District 133
Oak Grove School District 68
Warren Township High School District 121
La Salle-Peru Township High School District 120
Red Hill Community Unit School District 10
Dixon Unit School District 170
Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit School District 11
Highland Community Unit School District 5
LeRoy Community Unit School District 2
Porta Community Unit School District 202
Pikeland Community Unit School District 10
Steeleville Community Unit School District 138
Eldorado Community Unit School District 4
Harmony Emge School District 175
Jasper Community Consolidated School District 17
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C
Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U
Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3
Marion Community Unit School District 2
Metamora Community Consolidated School District 1
Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99
Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1
Western Springs School District 101
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Elementary School District 159
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124
ARGO COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 217
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401
Oblong Community Unit School District 4
Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204
School District 45 Dupage County School District
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Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
Hardin County Community Unit School District 1
Geneseo Community Unit School District 228
Alwood Community Unit School District 225
Wethersfield Community Unit School District 230
Desoto Consolidated School District 86
Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6
Jersey Community Unit School District 100
Buncombe Consolidated School District 43
Goreville Community Unit School District 1
Bourbonnais Elementary School District No. 53
Fox Lake Grade School District 114
Grayslake Community High School District 127
Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289
Flanagan-Cornell District 74
Central City School District 133
South Central Community Unit School District 401
Litchfield Community Unit School District 12
Panhandle Community Unit School District 2
Bement Community Unified School District 5
Auburn Community Unit School District 10
Springfield School District 186
Schuyler Industry Community Unit School District 5
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30
Wolf Branch School District 113
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110
O Fallon Township High School District 203
Whiteside School District 115
Bismarck Henning Community Unit School District 1
Fairfield Public School District 112
Fairfield Community High School District 225
County of Winnebago School District 320
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Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94
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