Paris-Union SD 95: special education scorecard
In 2024–25, 45.1% of Paris-Union SD 95's 205 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 25% of Illinois districts.
Among students with disabilities, 15.6% were proficient in reading (typical Illinois district: 27.9%), and 28.0% were chronically absent.
In the most recent federal civil-rights data (2023–24), the district suspended students with disabilities out of school at 2.4× the rate of other students (Illinois: 2.2×), reported no physical restraint of students with disabilities, and reported no seclusion.
How inclusive is Paris-Union SD 95 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.
Which Paris-Union SD 95 schools are most and least inclusive?
A district average hides big differences between its schools. Below is every school's inclusion rate (the share of its students with IEPs taught in a regular classroom 80%+ of the day) and its out-of-school suspensions of students with IEPs, per 100 IEP students — so you can compare the actual schools your child might attend. Both figures are the “Children with Disabilities”/IEP subgroup from the state report card.
How do students with IEPs do academically in Paris-Union SD 95?
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 Paris-Union SD 95 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 Paris-Union SD 95
What does "45% in general education 80% or more" mean for Paris-Union SD 95?
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 Paris-Union SD 95?
How do I request a special-education evaluation from Paris-Union SD 95?
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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.