Oak Park - River Forest SD 200: special education scorecard
In 2024–25, 56.0% of Oak Park - River Forest SD 200's 475 students with IEPs spent at least 80% of the school day in general-education classrooms, compared with the Illinois district median of 55.7%; that is more inclusive than 53% of Illinois districts.
Among students with disabilities, 67.1% were proficient in reading (typical Illinois district: 27.9%), and 27.1% were chronically absent.
In the most recent federal civil-rights data (2023–24), the district suspended students with disabilities out of school at 3.7× the rate of other students (Illinois: 2.2×), reported no physical restraint of students with disabilities, and reported no seclusion.
How inclusive is Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 for students with IEPs?
Federal law (the IDEA, 20 U.S.C. §1412(a)(5) the law ) says children with disabilities should learn alongside their classmates without disabilities as much as is right for them — what the law calls the “Least Restrictive Environment.” The bar below shows how this district actually places its students with IEPs, from a regular classroom most of the day to a fully separate school. There's no single right answer — some children genuinely need a more specialized setting — but districts that include more students in the regular classroom usually have the staffing and support to do it well.
How do students with IEPs do academically in Oak Park - River Forest SD 200?
Outcomes for this district's “Children with Disabilities” subgroup, from the state report card — state-test proficiency, attendance, and graduation. Compare to a typical Illinois district, but remember: a district serving more significant needs can post lower numbers for reasons unrelated to quality. These are results, not a judgment.
How often does Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 suspend, restrain or seclude students with disabilities?
How the district responds when a child with a disability struggles, from the federal civil-rights collection (CRDC). Suspension/expulsion remove a child from school; a police referral or arrest brings law enforcement into a school matter; physical restraint is staff holding a child immobile; seclusion is confining a child alone in a room they can't leave. The government tracks these because students with disabilities face them far out of proportion: nationally they are about 12% of students but 75% of those physically restrained and 58% of those secluded, and are suspended at roughly twice the rate of students without disabilities. U.S. Dept. of Education / OCR High numbers can flag a district that meets behavior with force or exclusion rather than support — read them as something to ask about, not a verdict.
How many students have IEPs, and who supports them?
Questions parents ask about Oak Park - River Forest SD 200
What does "56% in general education 80% or more" mean for Oak Park - River Forest SD 200?
Where does the restraint and suspension data come from, and how current is it?
How do I get my child's restraint or time-out records from Oak Park - River Forest SD 200?
How do I request a special-education evaluation from Oak Park - River Forest SD 200?
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Data vintage — and why some of it lags
Each figure is a public record, linked to its source with a retrieval date. Vintages differ because the agencies publish on different cycles:
- Inclusion / LRE, % with an IEP, and the academic outcomes for students with disabilities (proficiency, graduation, dropout, chronic absenteeism, mobility, 9th-grade-on-track) — ISBE Illinois Report Card, 2024–25 (current). The state publishes annually each fall.
- Discipline, restraint & seclusion, staffing — federal CRDC, 2023–24. The most recent collection: the CRDC runs every two years and is released about two years later. Counts are self-reported by districts to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Due-process decisions — ISBE, through FY 2026 (current). Statewide, because ISBE anonymizes the district.
Verify the numbers yourself. Every figure is computed from the agencies' public-use files and linked above (OCR: civilrightsdata.ed.gov ). PedsList computes the rates, ratios, percentiles and green/orange comparisons from those public files; see the methodology.