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Waterloo Junior High School: special education data

Grades 6 - 8 · Waterloo CUSD 5, Monroe County · 83 students with IEPs

In 2024–25, 42.5% of Waterloo Junior High School's 83 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 3 of 4 comparable schools in Waterloo CUSD 5.

Reading proficiency among students with IEPs was 36.0% (typical Illinois district: 27.9%).

Source: ISBE 2024–25 Illinois Report CardMethodologyReport an error

Inclusion

42.5%of this school's students with IEPs are in a regular classroom most of the day (ISBE 2024–25)
42.5%In a regular classroom most of the day — 80%+ of the time
40.2%Split between a regular class and a separate room — 40–79%
12.6%Mostly in a separate special-ed room — under 40%
4.6%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
18.1% · typical IL district 27.4% (ISBE 2024–25)
Share of special-ed students missing 10%+ of school days. Lower is better.
Reading (ELA) proficiency
36.0% · typical IL district 27.9% (ISBE 2024–25)
Math proficiency
17.6% · 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
21 incidents
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 Waterloo CUSD 5 scorecard .