Illinois · special-education accountability
How does your school treat kids with disabilities?
PedsList scores all 851 Illinois public school districts and 3,811 schools on how they serve roughly 262,000 students with IEPs. In 2024–25 the typical Illinois district taught 55.7% of its students with IEPs in a regular classroom at least 80% of the day, and in the most recent federal civil-rights data (2023–24), students with disabilities were suspended out of school 2.2× as often as their classmates.
Updated November 2, 2026ISBE Illinois Report Card 2024–25U.S. Dept. of Education CRDC 2023–24Methodology
851
school districts scored
3,811
individual schools scored
2.2×
more often students with disabilities are suspended than their peers
56%
median district inclusion rate
837 districts · most inclusive first · page 10 of 14 · green/orange = better/worse than the Illinois average · districts with fewer than 30 students with IEPs are listed after the ranked ones
Neoga CUSD 3
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 75 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Rhodes SD 84-5
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
5.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 66 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Forest Park SD 91
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
2.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 147 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Morris SD 54
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
4.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
11%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 239 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
Dolton SD 148
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
5.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
49%
Reading prof.
6%
Based on 222 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
5.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 82 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
6.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
25%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 193 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
Arcola CUSD 306
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
1.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 114 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Freeburg CCSD 70
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
3.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
13%
Reading prof.
33%
Based on 114 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Marissa CUSD 40
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
9.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 83 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Mount Vernon SD 80
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
13.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
23%
Reading prof.
12%
Based on 349 students with IEPs (24% of enrollment)
Woodland CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
9.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
20%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 94 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Annawan CUSD 226
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
2.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 46 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Putnam County CUSD 535
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
9.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
18%
Based on 132 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Bremen CHSD 228
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
9.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
38%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 648 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Rochelle Twp HSD 212
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
11.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 109 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
CHSD 117
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
9.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
43%
Based on 279 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Bluford Unit School District 318
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
9.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 86 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
Oakland CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 40 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Park Forest - Chicago Heights School District 163
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 268 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Wood River-Hartford ESD 15
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
41%
Reading prof.
16%
Based on 128 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
Sparta CUSD 140
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
1.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
11%
Based on 223 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Taft SD 90
Included in general-ed 80%+46%
Suspension
n/a
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
25%
Based on 66 students with IEPs (24% of enrollment)
Grant CCSD 110
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
18.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
13%
Based on 152 students with IEPs (27% of enrollment)
Murphysboro CUSD 186
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
37%
Reading prof.
12%
Based on 316 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Streator Twp HSD 40
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
n/a
Chronic absence
47%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 118 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
5.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
n/a
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 53 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Cahokia CUSD 187
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
14.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
62%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 544 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Centralia SD 135
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
14%
Based on 276 students with IEPs (27% of enrollment)
Berkeley SD 87
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
25%
Reading prof.
6%
Based on 310 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
CHSD 155
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
10.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
41%
Based on 672 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Lincoln Way CHSD 210
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
2.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
51%
Based on 899 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Paris-Union SD 95
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
6.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
16%
Based on 205 students with IEPs (24% of enrollment)
Washington CHSD 308
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
8.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
32%
Based on 146 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Forest Ridge SD 142
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
6.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
23%
Based on 276 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Marengo-Union E Cons D 165
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
7.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
18%
Based on 136 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
River Grove SD 85-5
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
40%
Reading prof.
18%
Based on 77 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
North Wamac SD 186
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
2.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 35 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
Brimfield CUSD 309
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
21%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 66 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Calumet City SD 155
Included in general-ed 80%+45%
Suspension
13.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 136 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
8.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
21%
Reading prof.
29%
Based on 84 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Fisher CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
8.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
25%
Based on 85 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Mendota Twp HSD 280
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
5.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 82 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Skokie SD 73-5
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
20%
Reading prof.
48%
Based on 166 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Centralia HSD 200
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
45%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 154 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Il Valley Central USD 321
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
10.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
23%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 387 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
3.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 134 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Iroquois County CUSD 9
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
13.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
20%
Based on 198 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
11.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 34 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Saratoga CCSD 60C
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
3.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
16%
Reading prof.
33%
Based on 167 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Lake Park CHSD 108
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
3.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
27%
Based on 262 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
McHenry CHSD 156
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
5.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
36%
Reading prof.
30%
Based on 313 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Meridian CUSD 101
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
18.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
54%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 83 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Carrollton CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
3.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
23%
Based on 75 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Ridgewood CHSD 234
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
6.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
36%
Reading prof.
36%
Based on 108 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Evanston Twp HSD 202
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
10.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
64%
Based on 419 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Lincoln ESD 27
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
7.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
14%
Based on 246 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
Hononegah CHD 207
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
10.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
40%
Based on 238 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Oak Lawn CHSD 229
Included in general-ed 80%+44%
Suspension
8.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
29%
Based on 237 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Maine Township HSD 207
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
5.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
43%
Reading prof.
49%
Based on 681 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)