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 11 of 14 · green/orange = better/worse than the Illinois average · districts with fewer than 30 students with IEPs are listed after the ranked ones
Riverdale CUSD 100
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
2.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
16%
Based on 143 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Hinsdale Twp HSD 86
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
5.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
25%
Reading prof.
60%
Based on 506 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Morris CHSD 101
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
2.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
38%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 88 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Cons HSD 230
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
12.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
16%
Based on 838 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Rock Falls Twp HSD 301
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
4.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 85 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Tolono CUSD 7
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
7.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
25%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 234 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
A-C Central CUSD 262
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
42%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 36 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Pope Co CUD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
7.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
45%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 103 students with IEPs (24% of enrollment)
Will County SD 92
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
1.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
17%
Reading prof.
30%
Based on 208 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
J S Morton HSD 201
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
18.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
40%
Reading prof.
15%
Based on 1,008 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Midlothian SD 143
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
2.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
12%
Based on 248 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Township HSD 214
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
24.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
51%
Based on 1,280 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Lewistown CUSD 97
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
3.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 143 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
Sandoval CUSD 501
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
5.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 111 students with IEPs (29% of enrollment)
Thompsonville CUSD 174
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
25%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 48 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Beardstown CUSD 15
Included in general-ed 80%+43%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 221 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Carlyle CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
2.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
20%
Based on 184 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Benton CCSD 47
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
4.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
28%
Based on 200 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
30.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
36%
Reading prof.
21%
Based on 310 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Richmond-Burton CHSD 157
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
1.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
36%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 59 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
South Holland SD 151
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
0.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
44%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 128 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Wesclin CUSD 3
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
3.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
23%
Reading prof.
34%
Based on 232 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
14.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
12%
Based on 128 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Carterville CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
11.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
28%
Based on 305 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Dolton SD 149
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
6.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 225 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Shawnee CUSD 84
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
8.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
23%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 60 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Belleville SD 118
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
9.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 877 students with IEPs (27% of enrollment)
O Fallon CCSD 90
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
12.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
25%
Based on 614 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Proviso Twp HSD 209
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
8.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
49%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 488 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Western CUSD 12
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
n/a
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
25%
Based on 104 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Fairfield Comm H S Dist 225
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
12.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 54 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Herrin CUSD 4
Included in general-ed 80%+42%
Suspension
18.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
13%
Based on 399 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
County of Woodford School
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
13.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 88 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Jacksonville SD 117
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
18.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
16%
Based on 666 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Hall HSD 502
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
10.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
38%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 65 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Highland CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
2.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
21%
Reading prof.
30%
Based on 543 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
River Ridge CUSD 210
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
2.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
19%
Reading prof.
41%
Based on 86 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Cumberland CUSD 77
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
10.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 129 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Elverado CUSD 196
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
11.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 89 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Belle Valley SD 119
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
9.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
8%
Based on 242 students with IEPs (25% of enrollment)
Central SD 104
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
39%
Reading prof.
21%
Based on 140 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
East Coloma - Nelson CESD 20
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
2.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
n/a
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 33 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
15.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
20%
Based on 232 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Waltonville CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
7.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
n/a
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 44 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Hardin County CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
8.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
47%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 101 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Benton Cons HSD 103
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
15.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
45%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 88 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Illini West H S Dist 307
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
14.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 53 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Valmeyer CUSD 3
Included in general-ed 80%+41%
Suspension
4.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 38 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Chester CUSD 139
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
5.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 155 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
DePue USD 103
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
6.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
23%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 47 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Fairfield PSD 112
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
0.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
16%
Reading prof.
17%
Based on 106 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Shiloh Village SD 85
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
6.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
23%
Reading prof.
30%
Based on 108 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Belleville Twp HSD 201
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
2.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
42%
Reading prof.
9%
Based on 861 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Beecher CUSD 200U
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
40%
Based on 166 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Gillespie CUSD 7
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
11.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
11%
Based on 250 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
United CUSD 304
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
3.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
20%
Based on 152 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
United Twp HSD 30
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
17.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
44%
Reading prof.
12%
Based on 286 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Iuka CCSD 7
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
33.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
n/a
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 48 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Lemont Twp HSD 210
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
12.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
49%
Based on 130 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Lockport Twp HSD 205
Included in general-ed 80%+40%
Suspension
6.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
13%
Based on 532 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)