Grossdale Station · Photo: Teemu08 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Brookfield’s public schools outscore 90% of Illinois districts
In Brookfield, 51% of tested students read at a proficient level, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the four public school districts serving Brookfield, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Brookfield’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 876 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Brookfield’s, its schools beat 96%, higher than their 90% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 51% and math 43% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 spends $20,777 per student and Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95 $14,607, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Five elementary schools, then two middle and two high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is down 8% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Brookfield’s grade
A: better than 90% of Illinois school districts, #61 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Brookfield, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
L J Hauser Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
S E Gross Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 498 students · 13:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
L J Hauser Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
S E Gross Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 498 students · 13:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
L J Hauser Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
S E Gross Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 498 students · 13:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
10th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
11th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
12th grade in Brookfield · depends on your address
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Riverside
Parts of Brookfield (17% and 17% of its land) are served by Lyons School District 103 and LaGrange School District 102 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Four districts serve Brookfield
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Brookfield vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Brookfield’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95 K–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| Lyons | D | Lyons School District 103 PK–8 · J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 9–12 |
| North Riverside | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Komarek School District 94 PK–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| Riverside | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| La Grange Park | A+ | LaGrange School District 102 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Lyons Township | A− | Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
2 of the 5 neighbors share Riverside School District 96 with Brookfield for grades PK–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Brookfield
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Brookfield’s schools
Are Brookfield’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Brookfield children attend outscore 90% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #61 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 96%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Brookfield in?
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,663 students in 1 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Brookfield are served by Lyons School District 103 and LaGrange School District 102.
Where do Brookfield kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Lyons Twp High Sch and Riverside Brookfield Twp HS.
What is Brookfield’s graduation rate?
96% of the class of 2023 in Lyons Township High School District 204 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Brookfield spend per student?
$20,777 in Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208, $14,607 in Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95, $27,424 in Lyons Township High School District 204 and $20,984 in Riverside School District 96 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Brookfield families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.