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 9 of 14 · green/orange = better/worse than the Illinois average · districts with fewer than 30 students with IEPs are listed after the ranked ones
Grant Park CUSD 6
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
39%
Based on 59 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Johnston City CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
12.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 162 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Oregon CUSD 220
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
n/a
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
29%
Based on 241 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Pinckneyville CHSD 101
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
3.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 58 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Round Lake CUSD 116
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
6.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
6%
Based on 926 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Shelbyville CUSD 4
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
9.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
28%
Based on 158 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Vandalia CUSD 203
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
9.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
13%
Based on 273 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Lyons Twp HSD 204
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
2.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
55%
Based on 455 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Waterloo CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
20%
Reading prof.
35%
Based on 370 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Princeton ESD 115
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
10.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
21%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 276 students with IEPs (25% of enrollment)
Riverside-Brookfield Twp SD 208
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
7.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
49%
Based on 204 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Fenton CHSD 100
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
10.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
52%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 147 students with IEPs (11% of enrollment)
Knoxville CUSD 202
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
25%
Based on 175 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
28%
Reading prof.
17%
Based on 267 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Hillsboro CUSD 3
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
5.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
29%
Based on 336 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
Mokena SD 159
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
n/a
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
37%
Based on 229 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Oblong CUSD 4
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
4.2 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
17%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 96 students with IEPs (21% of enrollment)
Ridgeland SD 122
Included in general-ed 80%+50%
Suspension
6.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
17%
Reading prof.
23%
Based on 350 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Gallatin CUSD 7
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
7.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 119 students with IEPs (24% of enrollment)
Red Bud CUSD 132
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
8.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
20%
Reading prof.
21%
Based on 184 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Central CHSD 71
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
2.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
22%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 60 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Crab Orchard CUSD 3
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
10.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
38%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 61 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Pekin PSD 108
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
8.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
14%
Based on 675 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
Seneca Twp HSD 160
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 60 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Signal Hill SD 181
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
6.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
36%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 67 students with IEPs (23% of enrollment)
Central SD 51
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
6.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
12%
Reading prof.
41%
Based on 189 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Virginia CUSD 64
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
6.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
27%
Based on 55 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
DeKalb CUSD 428
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
19.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
10%
Based on 1,217 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Plano CUSD 88
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
6.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
18%
Based on 396 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Riverton CUSD 14
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
38.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
21%
Reading prof.
14%
Based on 297 students with IEPs (25% of enrollment)
Orangeville CUSD 203
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
7.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
25%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 47 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Glenbrook HSD 225
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
3.9 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
76%
Based on 587 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
La Salle ESD 122
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
1.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
31%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 214 students with IEPs (24% of enrollment)
Mt Pulaski CUSD 23
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
8.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
33%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 89 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Wolf Branch SD 113
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
12.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
44%
Based on 132 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Keeneyville SD 20
Included in general-ed 80%+49%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
34%
Reading prof.
16%
Based on 205 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Bourbonnais SD 53
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
28%
Based on 445 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Hamilton Co CUSD 10
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
2.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
24%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 198 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Kankakee SD 111
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
10.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
42%
Reading prof.
5%
Based on 561 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Wood Dale SD 7
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
21%
Based on 125 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Grant CHSD 124
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 211 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Rock Falls ESD 13
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
13.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
11%
Based on 143 students with IEPs (20% of enrollment)
Sterling CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
15.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
22%
Reading prof.
11%
Based on 603 students with IEPs (19% of enrollment)
Zion ESD 6
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
8.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
7%
Based on 282 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
8.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
17%
Reading prof.
31%
Based on 550 students with IEPs (12% of enrollment)
Midwest Central CUSD 191
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
12.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 140 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Plainfield SD 202
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
7.7 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
34%
Based on 4,104 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Danville CCSD 118
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
15.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
35%
Reading prof.
11%
Based on 822 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
New Trier Twp HSD 203
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
1.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
78%
Based on 608 students with IEPs (17% of enrollment)
Payson CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
18.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 69 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Southwestern CUSD 9
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
1.3 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
17%
Reading prof.
20%
Based on 163 students with IEPs (14% of enrollment)
Eldorado CUSD 4
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
7.8 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
36%
Reading prof.
19%
Based on 166 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
North Mac CUSD 34
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
26%
Reading prof.
13%
Based on 180 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Norwood ESD 63
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
19.6 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 102 students with IEPs (22% of enrollment)
Wabash CUSD 348
Included in general-ed 80%+48%
Suspension
10.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
18%
Reading prof.
13%
Based on 215 students with IEPs (16% of enrollment)
Carbondale ESD 95
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
16.4 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
49%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 189 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)
Dwight Twp HSD 230
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
3.1 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
32%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 37 students with IEPs (18% of enrollment)
Franklin CUSD 1
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
4.5 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
30%
Reading prof.
n/a
Based on 36 students with IEPs (13% of enrollment)
Minooka CHSD 111
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
29%
Reading prof.
37%
Based on 291 students with IEPs (10% of enrollment)
Atwood Heights SD 125
Included in general-ed 80%+47%
Suspension
0.0 /100 IEP
Chronic absence
27%
Reading prof.
22%
Based on 83 students with IEPs (15% of enrollment)