Sward Elem School: special education data

Grades K - 5 · Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123, Cook County · 47 students with IEPs

In 2024–25, 68.3% of Sward Elem School's 47 students with IEPs were taught in a regular classroom at least 80% of the day, compared with the Illinois district median of 55.7%.

That ranks 2 of 6 comparable schools in Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123.

Reading proficiency among students with IEPs was 36.1% (typical Illinois district: 27.9%).

Source: ISBE 2024–25 Illinois Report CardMethodologyReport an error

Inclusion

68.3%of this school's students with IEPs are in a regular classroom most of the day (ISBE 2024–25)

68.3%In a regular classroom most of the day — 80%+ of the time

1.6%Split between a regular class and a separate room — 40–79%

20.6%Mostly in a separate special-ed room — under 40%

9.5%In a separate school — the most separated

ISBE Illinois Report Card 2025 — Special Education data set 2026-06-10

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

25.0% · typical IL district 27.4% (ISBE 2024–25)

Share of special-ed students missing 10%+ of school days. Lower is better.

Reading (ELA) proficiency

36.1% · typical IL district 27.9% (ISBE 2024–25)

Math proficiency

26.2% · typical IL district 22.5% (ISBE 2024–25)

ISBE Illinois Report Card 2025 — Special Education data set 2026-06-10

Discipline

Discipline of students with IEPs at this school (incident counts, ISBE 2024–25).

Out-of-school suspensions

withheld by the state to protect a small group of students

In-school suspensions

withheld by the state to protect a small group of students

ISBE Illinois Report Card 2025 — Discipline (per-school, IEP subgroup) 2026-06-10

For the fuller picture (support staffing, restraint and seclusion, discipline disparities, and how this school compares with others in the district), see the Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 scorecard .