Carl Sandburg High School: special education data

Grades 9 - 12 · Cons HSD 230, Cook County

In 2024–25, 41.3% of Carl Sandburg High School's students with IEPs were taught in a regular classroom at least 80% of the day, compared with the Illinois district median of 55.7%.

With fewer than 20 students with IEPs, small changes swing this figure a lot, so read it with care.

Reading proficiency among students with IEPs was 13.3% (typical Illinois district: 27.9%).

Source: ISBE 2024–25 Illinois Report CardMethodologyReport an error

Inclusion

41.3%of this school's students with IEPs are in a regular classroom most of the day (ISBE 2024–25)
41.3%In a regular classroom most of the day — 80%+ of the time
29.6%Split between a regular class and a separate room — 40–79%
9.0%Mostly in a separate special-ed room — under 40%
19.8%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
25.5% · typical IL district 27.4% (ISBE 2024–25)
Share of special-ed students missing 10%+ of school days. Lower is better.
Reading (ELA) proficiency
13.3% · typical IL district 27.9% (ISBE 2024–25)
Math proficiency
15.7% · typical IL district 22.5% (ISBE 2024–25)
HS graduation (4-year)
87.8% · typical IL district 82.5% (ISBE 2024–25)

Discipline

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

Out-of-school suspensions
28 incidents
In-school suspensions
73 incidents

For the fuller picture (support staffing, restraint and seclusion, discipline disparities, and how this school compares with others in the district), see the Cons HSD 230 scorecard .