Oak Park ESD 97
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Grades 6 - 8 · Oak Park ESD 97, Cook County · 132 students with IEPs
Inclusion
73.5%of this school's students with IEPs are in a regular classroom most of the day (ISBE 2024–25)
73.5%In a regular classroom most of the day — 80%+ of the time
12.7%Split between a regular class and a separate room — 40–79%
5.9%Mostly in a separate special-ed room — under 40%
7.8%In a separate school — the most separated
How students with disabilities do at this school
The “Children with Disabilities” subgroup at this school. The state withholds a figure when too few students would make an individual identifiable — common at smaller schools, so some rows below may be blank here but available at the district level.
Chronic absenteeism
27.3% · typical IL district 27.4% (ISBE 2024–25)
Share of special-ed students missing 10%+ of school days. Lower is better.
Reading (ELA) proficiency
49.2% · typical IL district 27.9% (ISBE 2024–25)
Math proficiency
33.6% · typical IL district 22.5% (ISBE 2024–25)
Discipline
Discipline of students with IEPs at this school (incident counts, ISBE 2024–25).
Out-of-school suspensions
13 incidents · 9.8 per 100 students with IEPs
In-school suspensions
16 incidents
For the fuller picture — the district's IDEA determination, support staffing, restraint & seclusion, due-process record, and how this school compares to others nearby — see the Oak Park ESD 97 scorecard .