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Lake County school districts: special-education data

Lake County has 45 public school districts serving about 17,215 students with IEPs. The median Lake County district taught 63.5% 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 Grass Lake SD 36 (93.8%) and the least inclusive Warren Twp HSD 121 (28.1%).

Inclusion, absence & reading: ISBE 2024–25Suspension & restraint: CRDC 2023–24Methodology
DistrictStudents with IEPsInclusion (80%+ gen-ed)OOS suspension /100 IEPRestrained /1,000 IEPChronic absenceReading proficient
Waukegan CUSD 601,87255.0%11.65.437.5%8.5%
Barrington CUSD 2201,47063.5%2.415.417.9%57.3%
Round Lake CUSD 11692650.0%6.44.335.3%6.1%
Woodland CCSD 5080055.9%3.128.823.9%27.7%
Lake Zurich CUSD 9572864.6%3.122.017.6%58.3%
Grayslake CCSD 4668973.6%4.11.524.0%29.6%
Wauconda CUSD 11861357.0%2.918.128.7%31.6%
North Shore SD 11261272.8%1.01.714.5%54.8%
Hawthorn CCSD 7354575.1%1.94.122.3%30.6%
Warren Twp HSD 12150528.1%9.10.040.7%13.4%
North Chicago SD 18750352.9%12.134.940.4%11.1%
Lake Villa CCSD 4144158.8%1.00.020.3%25.1%
Twp HSD 11341360.8%0.00.031.1%59.0%
Kildeer Countryside CCSD 9639578.4%0.312.517.1%47.1%
Deerfield SD 10938990.1%0.20.011.8%67.3%
Antioch CCSD 3438063.7%3.214.725.1%30.3%
Grayslake CHSD 12737560.3%10.16.731.2%43.8%
CHSD 12837364.4%1.10.027.9%61.9%
Adlai E Stevenson HSD 12534037.3%3.25.432.7%57.9%
Beach Park CCSD 333538.2%5.117.027.7%11.3%
Mundelein Cons HSD 12032538.0%9.50.022.3%39.3%
Zion-Benton Twp HSD 12632031.1%22.60.040.4%n/a
Mundelein ESD 7531753.8%5.70.024.8%23.3%
Zion ESD 628248.1%8.80.034.8%7.3%
Gurnee SD 5628171.3%6.84.830.6%9.4%
CHSD 11727945.8%9.119.530.9%43.1%
Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 10227568.9%1.54.921.4%42.2%
Libertyville SD 7025872.1%1.60.019.9%35.3%
Fremont SD 7925759.5%1.10.023.9%22.2%
Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 10325769.0%0.40.018.7%52.5%
Lake Forest SD 6722890.7%3.70.010.7%64.1%
Grant CHSD 12421148.1%0.00.025.6%n/a
Lake Forest CHSD 11518876.9%3.60.014.3%75.9%
Millburn CCSD 2417660.1%1.80.016.5%48.9%
Big Hollow SD 3817678.7%0.00.027.2%18.4%
Lake Bluff ESD 6512083.8%n/an/a7.1%53.3%
Fox Lake GSD 11411054.4%10.30.024.2%16.4%
Diamond Lake SD 7610978.7%6.30.017.6%21.1%
Oak Grove SD 68 Green Oaks9977.2%0.017.912.6%42.9%
Gavin SD 379460.6%0.00.029.5%n/a
Winthrop Harbor SD 16164.0%0.00.029.2%21.0%
Emmons SD 333783.7%2.60.018.5%39.6%
Grass Lake SD 363293.8%0.00.036.8%n/a
Bannockburn SD 1061989.5%0.00.0n/an/a
Rondout SD 72n/a89.7%n/an/a37.2%50.0%

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.