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Ranking school finances: Which districts are the healthiest in Metro Springfield?

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A-C Central Community Unified School District 262, Park Ridge-Niles Community Consolidated School District 64 and Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C received the best financial ratings by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2018 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".

Twelve Illinois school districts fell into the lowest financial strength category.

Metro Springfield school districts financial health

Rank
District
County
Score
Designation
1
A-C Central Community Unified School District 262
Cass
4.0
Recognition
2
Park Ridge-Niles Community Consolidated School District 64
Cook
4.0
Recognition
3
Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C
Grundy
4.0
Recognition
4
Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6
Iroquois
4.0
Recognition
5
River Ridge Community Unit School District 210
Jo daviess
4.0
Recognition
6
Galena Unit School District 120
Jo daviess
4.0
Recognition
7
Grant Park Community Unit School District 6
Kankakee
4.0
Recognition
8
Oglesby Elementary School District 125
La salle
4.0
Recognition
9
Mt Pulaski Community Unit School District 23
Logan
4.0
Recognition
10
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88
Logan
4.0
Recognition
11
Lincoln Community High School District 404
Logan
4.0
Recognition
12
Hartsburg Emden Community Unit School District 21
Logan
4.0
Recognition
13
Henry Senachwine Community Unit School District 5
Marshall
4.0
Recognition
14
Illini Central Community Unit School District 189
Mason
4.0
Recognition
15
Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191
Mason
4.0
Recognition
16
Fox River Grove School District 3
Mchenry
4.0
Recognition
17
Marengo-Union Elementary Community School District 165
Mchenry
4.0
Recognition
18
Greenview Community Unit School District 200
Menard
4.0
Recognition
19
Creston Community Consolidated School District 161
Ogle
4.0
Recognition
20
New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6
Wayne
4.0
Recognition
21
Eureka Community Unit School District 140
Woodford
4.0
Recognition
22
Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188
Champaign
3.9
Recognition
23
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unified School District 5
Ford
3.9
Recognition
24
Canton Union School District 66
Fulton
3.9
Recognition
25
Gallatin County Community Unit School District 7
Gallatin
3.9
Recognition
26
Greenfield Community Unit School District 10
Greene
3.9
Recognition
27
Hardin County Community Unit School District 1
Hardin
3.9
Recognition
28
Carbondale Elementary School District 95
Jackson
3.9
Recognition
29
Woodlawn Unit School District 209
Jefferson
3.9
Recognition
30
Grand Ridge Community Consolidated School District 95
La salle
3.9
Recognition
31
Flanagan-Cornell District 74
Livingston
3.9
Recognition
32
Chester-East Lincoln Community Consolidated School District 61
Logan
3.9
Recognition
33
Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221
Ogle
3.9
Recognition
34
Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5
Sangamon
3.9
Recognition
35
Williamsville Community Unit School District 15
Sangamon
3.9
Recognition
36
New Berlin Community Unit School District 16
Sangamon
3.9
Recognition
37
Riverton Community Unit School District 14
Sangamon
3.9
Recognition
38
Tri City Community Unit School District 1
Sangamon
3.9
Recognition
39
Grayville Community Unit School District 1
White
3.9
Recognition
40
Palestine Community Unit School District 3
Crawford
3.8
Recognition
41
DeSoto Consolidated School District 86
Jackson
3.8
Recognition
42
Bluford Unit School District 318
Jefferson
3.8
Recognition
43
Mundelein Elementary School District 75
Lake
3.8
Recognition
44
Staunton Community Unit School District 6
Macoupin
3.8
Recognition
45
Freeburg Community High School District 77
Saint clair
3.8
Recognition
46
Auburn Community Unit School District 10
Sangamon
3.8
Recognition
47
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Community Unit School District 4
Vermilion
3.8
Recognition
48
South Beloit Community Unified School District 320
Winnebago
3.8
Recognition
49
Brookwood School District 167
Cook
3.7
Recognition
50
Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Fayette
3.7
Recognition
51
Manteno Community Unit School District 5
Kankakee
3.7
Recognition
52
Lincoln Elementary School District 27
Logan
3.7
Recognition
53
Gillespie Community Unit School District 7
Macoupin
3.7
Recognition
54
Rochester Community Unit School District 3A
Sangamon
3.7
Recognition
55
Rankin School District 98
Tazewell
3.7
Recognition
56
Gardner S Wilmington Township High School District 73
Grundy
3.65
Recognition
57
Odell Community Consolidated School District 435
Livingston
3.65
Recognition
58
Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265
Peoria
3.65
Recognition
59
Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8
Sangamon
3.65
Recognition
60
Pawnee Community Unit School District 11
Sangamon
3.65
Recognition
61
Geff Community Consolidated School District 14
Wayne
3.65
Recognition
62
Hall Township High School District 502
Bureau
3.6
Recognition
63
Christopher Community Unit School District 99
Franklin
3.6
Recognition
64
Athens Community Unit School District 213
Menard
3.6
Recognition
65
Ewing Northern Community Consolidated School District 115
Franklin
3.55
Recognition
66
East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14
Madison
3.55
Recognition
67
Hampton School District 29
Rock island
3.55
Recognition
68
Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70
Saint clair
3.55
Recognition
69
Depue Unit School District 103
Bureau
3.45
Review
70
Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8
Livingston
3.45
Review
71
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92
Logan
3.45
Review
72
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10
Madison
3.45
Review
73
Porta Community Unit School District 202
Menard
3.45
Review
74
Springfield School District 186
Sangamon
3.45
Review
75
Fairfield Public School District 112
Wayne
3.45
Review
76
El Paso-Gridley Community Unified School District 11
Woodford
3.45
Review
77
Fisher Community Unit School District 1
Champaign
3.35
Review
78
West Aurora School District 129
Kane
3.35
Review
79
Triopia Community Unit School District 27
Morgan
3.35
Review
80
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90
Saint clair
3.25
Review
81
Harmony-Emge School District 175
Saint clair
3.25
Review
82
Armstrong-Ellis Community School District 61
Vermilion
3.2
Review
83
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187
Saint clair
3.15
Review
84
Princeton Elementary School District 115
Bureau
3.1
Review
85
Norridge School District 80
Cook
3.1
Review
86
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110
Saint clair
3.0
Early Warning
87
Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20
Lawrence
2.9
Early Warning
88
Barrington Community Unit School District 220
Lake
2.85
Early Warning

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Chester-East Lincoln Community Consolidated School District 61Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 BoardStaunton Community Unit School District 6Porta Community Unit School District 202 BoardGrayville Community Unit School District 1 BoardEast Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 BoardEureka Community Unit District 140Mundelein Elementary School District 75Rochester Community Unit School District 3aLincoln Community High School District 404Fisher Community Unit School District 1Gallatin Community Unit School District 7Creston Community Consolidated School District 161Lawrence County Community Unit District 20 BoardHall Township High School District 502 BoardRiver Ridge Community Unit School District 210New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6Fox River Grove Consolidated School District 3 BoardForrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4Fairfield Public School District 112 BoardIllini Central Community Unit School District 189Lincoln Elementary School District 27Depue Community Unit School District 103Manteno Community Unit School District 5 BoardCarbondale Elementary School District 95Vandalia Community Unit School District 203Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5Flanagan-Cornell District 74 BoardAthens Community Unit School District 213Harmony-Emge School District 175Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 BoardOdell Community Consolidated School District 435 BoardGalena Unit School District 120Canton Union School District 66Triopia Community Unit School District 27Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 BoardAuburn Community Unit School District 10 BoardArmstrong-Ellis Consolidated School District 61Greenview Community Unit School District 200 BoardGibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5Norridge School District 80 BoardBarrington Community Unit School District 220Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72cMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165Cahokia Community Unit School District 187New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88 BoardFreeburg Community High School District 77 BoardWilliamsville Community Unit School District 15Brookwood School District 167New Berlin Community Unit School District 16West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92Oglesby Elementary School District 125Riverton Community Unit School District 14Springfield School District 186 BoardChristopher Community Unit School District 99Hampton School District 29Greenfield Community Unit School District 10West Aurora School District 129A C Central Community Unit School District 262 Board of EducationGrand Ridge Community Consolidated School District 95Hardin County Community Unit School District 1Desoto Consolidated School District 86O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90Woodlawn Unit District 209 BoardPrinceton Elementary School District 115Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 BoardBluford Unit School District 318Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70Palestine Community Unit School District 3South Beloit Community Unit School District 320 BoardGillespie Community Unit School District 7Geff Community Consolidated School District 14Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191 BoardPark Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 BoardRankin Community School District 98Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 Board

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