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Cook County school districts: special-education data
Cook County has 144 public school districts serving about 99,263 students with IEPs. The median Cook County district taught 53.9% of its students with IEPs in general education at least 80% of the day in 2024–25 (Illinois median 55.7%). The most inclusive was Rosemont ESD 78 (91.7%) and the least inclusive Thornton Twp HSD 205 (15.5%).
| District | Students with IEPs | Inclusion (80%+ gen-ed) | OOS suspension /100 IEP | Restrained /1,000 IEP | Chronic absence | Reading proficient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Schools District 299 | 51,167 | 51.1% | 5.2 | 2.7 | 44.2% | 17.8% |
| Schaumburg CCSD 54 | 1,847 | 69.0% | 3.3 | 14.6 | 25.4% | 35.5% |
| Palatine CCSD 15 | 1,606 | 62.9% | 4.6 | 43.3 | 21.6% | 37.8% |
| Cicero SD 99 | 1,468 | 53.3% | 9.6 | 3.9 | 33.0% | 8.2% |
| Township HSD 214 | 1,280 | 42.7% | 24.2 | 0.0 | 33.0% | 51.3% |
| Township HSD 211 | 1,147 | 30.3% | 7.9 | 0.0 | 26.6% | 52.0% |
| Evanston CCSD 65 | 1,092 | 68.6% | 0.6 | 24.4 | 23.1% | 40.9% |
| J S Morton HSD 201 | 1,008 | 42.8% | 18.5 | 13.5 | 40.1% | 15.0% |
| Oak Park ESD 97 | 991 | 79.6% | 2.3 | 0.0 | 19.8% | 47.7% |
| Wheeling CCSD 21 | 946 | 67.1% | 2.1 | 20.0 | 25.8% | 16.9% |
| CHSD 218 | 937 | 32.3% | 21.4 | 0.0 | 39.6% | 10.1% |
| Comm Cons SD 59 | 857 | 70.2% | 2.9 | 12.0 | 26.8% | 22.4% |
| Cons HSD 230 | 838 | 43.0% | 12.2 | 1.2 | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| Orland SD 135 | 815 | 61.8% | 5.7 | 0.0 | 19.2% | 39.7% |
| CCSD 62 | 744 | 50.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2% | 29.7% |
| Kirby SD 140 | 694 | 63.8% | 5.4 | 0.0 | 18.3% | 35.3% |
| Maine Township HSD 207 | 681 | 43.2% | 5.4 | 0.0 | 42.6% | 49.3% |
| Arlington Heights SD 25 | 659 | 58.8% | 2.0 | 2.9 | 15.1% | 46.9% |
| Bremen CHSD 228 | 648 | 45.9% | 9.8 | 0.0 | 38.1% | 18.9% |
| East Maine SD 63 | 614 | 65.0% | 4.2 | 7.6 | 37.7% | 16.9% |
| New Trier Twp HSD 203 | 608 | 47.9% | 1.5 | 1.5 | 18.3% | 77.7% |
| Thornton Twp HSD 205 | 590 | 15.5% | 15.4 | 81.7 | 52.6% | 5.9% |
| Glenbrook HSD 225 | 587 | 48.7% | 3.9 | 0.0 | 23.6% | 75.5% |
| Niles Twp HSD 219 | 551 | 35.0% | 7.0 | 1.9 | 39.3% | 36.8% |
| Park Ridge CCSD 64 | 538 | 71.2% | 1.9 | 7.1 | 12.4% | 53.7% |
| La Grange SD 102 | 508 | 69.3% | 0.7 | 0.0 | 13.5% | 53.8% |
| Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 | 495 | 69.9% | 0.0 | 2.5 | 32.5% | 15.5% |
| Cook County SD 130 | 491 | 61.9% | 12.3 | 2.2 | 32.2% | 13.7% |
| Proviso Twp HSD 209 | 488 | 41.6% | 8.4 | 0.0 | 48.7% | 9.8% |
| Bloom Twp HSD 206 | 483 | 31.1% | 0.0 | 2.0 | 51.3% | n/a |
| Berwyn North SD 98 | 475 | 64.8% | 7.3 | 19.0 | 29.6% | 21.3% |
| Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 | 475 | 56.0% | 1.4 | 0.0 | 27.1% | 67.1% |
| Wilmette SD 39 | 463 | 71.6% | 0.6 | 2.1 | 7.7% | 71.5% |
| Berwyn South SD 100 | 463 | 65.5% | 2.8 | 0.0 | 35.7% | 15.9% |
| Lyons Twp HSD 204 | 455 | 49.9% | 2.9 | 2.2 | 32.9% | 54.5% |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 | 455 | 58.9% | 3.6 | 2.6 | 21.9% | 34.2% |
| Leyden CHSD 212 | 441 | 35.1% | 10.5 | 0.0 | 40.3% | n/a |
| North Palos SD 117 | 433 | 59.1% | 2.6 | 20.3 | 16.8% | 55.3% |
| Indian Springs SD 109 | 422 | 66.5% | 2.6 | 0.0 | 32.5% | 26.4% |
| Lansing SD 158 | 420 | 53.6% | 15.2 | 0.0 | 30.1% | 9.0% |
| Evanston Twp HSD 202 | 419 | 43.7% | 10.2 | 0.0 | 34.4% | 63.8% |
| Glenview CCSD 34 | 417 | 70.8% | 4.3 | 0.0 | 16.4% | 48.0% |
| Rich Twp HSD 227 | 414 | 36.8% | 16.5 | 23.3 | 55.0% | 12.1% |
| Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A | 398 | 75.5% | 1.5 | 15.5 | 14.0% | 49.4% |
| Burbank SD 111 | 393 | 51.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.7% | 5.7% |
| Chicago Heights SD 170 | 393 | 52.9% | 11.9 | 0.0 | 37.6% | 15.6% |
| Elmwood Park CUSD 401 | 390 | 58.2% | 7.9 | 0.0 | 35.7% | 16.9% |
| Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215 | 385 | 36.2% | 30.5 | 0.0 | 24.6% | n/a |
| Mannheim SD 83 | 371 | 60.7% | 4.0 | 0.0 | 22.6% | 6.4% |
| CCSD 146 | 367 | 66.6% | 8.3 | 39.6 | 27.0% | 35.5% |
| Ridgeland SD 122 | 350 | 49.5% | 6.4 | 0.0 | 16.8% | 23.0% |
| Palos CCSD 118 | 348 | 56.6% | 1.9 | 6.3 | 19.3% | 51.5% |
| Homewood SD 153 | 348 | 50.8% | 4.5 | 27.7 | 28.2% | 31.2% |
| Lyons SD 103 | 341 | 53.8% | 4.1 | 0.0 | 36.6% | 12.9% |
| Matteson ESD 162 | 338 | 58.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.9% | 9.4% |
| Skokie SD 68 | 337 | 39.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.4% | 27.2% |
| Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 | 332 | 36.8% | 20.2 | 0.0 | 42.6% | 18.0% |
| Winnetka SD 36 | 324 | 88.3% | 0.3 | 5.9 | 12.7% | 61.9% |
| Berkeley SD 87 | 310 | 45.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.1% | 6.3% |
| Flossmoor SD 161 | 305 | 60.9% | 14.5 | 15.7 | 19.3% | 30.2% |
| Bellwood SD 88 | 295 | 50.9% | 4.3 | 0.0 | 34.8% | 9.0% |
| Evergreen Park ESD 124 | 280 | 50.6% | 13.6 | 0.0 | 22.3% | 24.9% |
| Forest Ridge SD 142 | 276 | 45.0% | 6.7 | 0.0 | 26.0% | 22.9% |
| Skokie SD 69 | 270 | 63.2% | 2.3 | 9.3 | 30.4% | 21.7% |
| Northbrook SD 28 | 269 | 58.2% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 16.0% | 66.6% |
| Park Forest - Chicago Heights School District 163 | 268 | 45.7% | 0.0 | 7.7 | 33.7% | 10.0% |
| Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126 | 267 | 49.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.7% | 17.2% |
| Chicago Ridge SD 127-5 | 259 | 52.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.7% | 21.1% |
| Mount Prospect SD 57 | 250 | 66.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.9% | 35.7% |
| Midlothian SD 143 | 248 | 42.8% | 2.4 | 0.0 | 30.4% | 12.3% |
| La Grange SD 105 South | 247 | 73.6% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 22.5% | 43.1% |
| Oak Lawn CHSD 229 | 237 | 43.5% | 8.5 | 0.0 | 30.0% | 28.8% |
| Dolton SD 149 | 225 | 41.7% | 6.7 | 0.0 | 34.7% | 9.7% |
| Prairie-Hills ESD 144 | 224 | 35.0% | 3.7 | 0.0 | 35.5% | 6.7% |
| Dolton SD 148 | 222 | 46.7% | 5.8 | 0.0 | 49.2% | 5.6% |
| Reavis Twp HSD 220 | 220 | 34.8% | 5.3 | 4.8 | 38.6% | 13.8% |
| Steger SD 194 | 213 | 60.7% | 4.4 | 6.3 | 37.2% | 22.7% |
| River Trails SD 26 | 208 | 53.4% | 3.1 | 25.8 | 21.1% | 12.8% |
| Argo CHSD 217 | 207 | 34.7% | 18.0 | 0.0 | 33.7% | 15.9% |
| Westchester SD 92-5 | 204 | 50.8% | 5.7 | 0.0 | 19.4% | 23.8% |
| Riverside-Brookfield Twp SD 208 | 204 | 49.8% | 7.2 | 0.0 | 27.5% | 49.0% |
| CCSD 168 | 204 | 53.3% | 9.5 | 5.3 | 38.5% | 8.1% |
| Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95 | 197 | 60.2% | 1.8 | 29.4 | 19.8% | 35.4% |
| Lincolnwood SD 74 | 192 | 52.4% | 4.4 | 0.0 | 29.3% | 51.7% |
| Riverside SD 96 | 192 | 64.4% | 1.9 | 0.0 | 30.3% | 36.7% |
| Summit SD 104 | 186 | 64.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.5% | 12.0% |
| ESD 159 | 178 | 56.1% | 10.2 | 20.4 | 31.7% | 12.0% |
| Northbrook/Glenview SD 30 | 176 | 75.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2% | 63.1% |
| Northbrook ESD 27 | 174 | 68.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.9% | 69.4% |
| Schiller Park SD 81 | 172 | 52.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.5% | 13.6% |
| Glencoe SD 35 | 170 | 79.4% | 0.7 | 0.0 | 12.1% | 66.4% |
| Skokie SD 73-5 | 166 | 44.3% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.7% | 48.4% |
| Sunnybrook SD 171 | 164 | 60.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.5% | n/a |
| Worth SD 127 | 159 | 55.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.9% | 29.9% |
| Franklin Park SD 84 | 158 | 65.8% | 7.9 | 0.0 | 17.4% | 18.6% |
| Prospect Heights SD 23 | 155 | 63.4% | 1.7 | 17.1 | 22.4% | 14.1% |
| Norridge SD 80 | 151 | 67.9% | 2.4 | 8.1 | 23.0% | 39.1% |
| River Forest SD 90 | 148 | 71.9% | 0.0 | 16.0 | 12.1% | 51.2% |
| Forest Park SD 91 | 147 | 47.0% | 2.9 | 0.0 | 32.2% | 22.2% |
| Arbor Park SD 145 | 144 | 70.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.4% | 11.1% |
| Western Springs SD 101 | 139 | 65.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0% | 62.3% |
| Calumet City SD 155 | 136 | 44.5% | 13.2 | 0.0 | 31.7% | n/a |
| Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5 | 134 | 44.2% | 3.5 | 0.0 | 18.5% | 9.8% |
| Morton Grove SD 70 | 130 | 72.4% | 0.8 | 8.4 | 19.3% | 42.9% |
| Lemont Twp HSD 210 | 130 | 40.0% | 12.5 | 0.0 | 34.9% | 49.0% |
| Palos Heights SD 128 | 129 | 79.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6% | 46.4% |
| South Holland SD 151 | 128 | 42.1% | 0.7 | 0.0 | 44.1% | 9.7% |
| West Northfield SD 31 | 121 | 57.0% | 3.5 | 0.0 | 14.9% | 40.2% |
| Evergreen Park CHSD 231 | 119 | 33.8% | 6.3 | 0.0 | 36.9% | n/a |
| LaGrange Highlands SD 106 | 117 | 76.1% | 0.0 | 15.9 | 9.0% | 66.0% |
| Fairview SD 72 | 110 | 57.0% | n/a | n/a | 17.5% | 35.0% |
| Hazel Crest SD 152-5 | 110 | 52.3% | 28.2 | 0.0 | 34.0% | n/a |
| Ridgewood CHSD 234 | 108 | 43.8% | 6.7 | 0.0 | 35.9% | 35.9% |
| Harvey SD 152 | 108 | 58.7% | 42.6 | 0.0 | 37.1% | 7.5% |
| Golf ESD 67 | 107 | 68.2% | 1.8 | 0.0 | 22.5% | 36.1% |
| South Holland SD 150 | 102 | 22.5% | 13.7 | 0.0 | 26.0% | n/a |
| Country Club Hills SD 160 | 101 | 37.8% | n/a | n/a | 39.7% | n/a |
| Brookwood SD 167 | 99 | 55.0% | 7.8 | 0.0 | 26.4% | n/a |
| Niles ESD 71 | 95 | 65.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Komarek SD 94 | 94 | 65.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.4% | 32.9% |
| Union Ridge SD 86 | 93 | 64.4% | 1.7 | 0.0 | 17.5% | 29.2% |
| Pleasantdale SD 107 | 84 | 79.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0% | 59.4% |
| Atwood Heights SD 125 | 83 | 47.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.9% | 22.4% |
| Willow Springs SD 108 | 82 | 27.7% | 8.5 | 0.0 | 32.0% | n/a |
| Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157 | 82 | 46.7% | 5.2 | 0.0 | 35.0% | n/a |
| Hillside SD 93 | 81 | 29.5% | 14.8 | 61.7 | 28.6% | n/a |
| River Grove SD 85-5 | 77 | 44.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.8% | 17.6% |
| Sunset Ridge SD 29 | 74 | 83.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7% | 68.9% |
| W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147 | 72 | 22.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.2% | n/a |
| East Prairie SD 73 | 71 | 68.9% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 15.4% | 33.2% |
| Avoca SD 37 | 68 | 69.1% | 0.0 | 13.2 | 11.9% | 60.5% |
| Rhodes SD 84-5 | 66 | 47.1% | 5.0 | 0.0 | 19.4% | n/a |
| Sandridge SD 172 | 66 | 53.9% | n/a | n/a | 39.5% | n/a |
| Lincoln ESD 156 | 64 | 61.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.1% | 22.5% |
| Kenilworth SD 38 | 59 | 90.2% | 4.3 | 0.0 | n/a | 71.9% |
| Calumet Public SD 132 | 55 | 50.0% | 7.3 | 0.0 | 36.1% | 13.7% |
| Central Stickney SD 110 | 51 | 64.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Thornton SD 154 | 48 | 32.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.6% | n/a |
| Lindop SD 92 | 45 | 52.0% | 10.6 | 0.0 | n/a | 47.7% |
| Rosemont ESD 78 | 44 | 91.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Pennoyer SD 79 | 35 | 63.9% | 11.4 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Ford Heights SD 169 | 22 | 61.8% | 8.0 | 0.0 | 29.4% | n/a |
| Burnham SD 154-5 | 20 | 70.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Gen George Patton SD 133 | 18 | 44.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.1% | n/a |
All figures are for students with disabilities (IEPs). Suspension and restraint are from the 2023–24 federal Civil Rights Data Collection (self-reported by districts). Rates marked ⚠ are unusually high and may reflect how a district reported.