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Schools in Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s public schools

Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Brooklyn. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 71% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
2%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
25%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$23.1K
▲ 7% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.0
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
118 students on the public path
In brief

Brooklyn’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Brooklyn’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Lovejoy Technology Academy places highest (better than 54%); Lovejoy Technology Academy lowest (54%). 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Brooklyn, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Lovejoy Elementary Schoolin LovejoyNo scores
6–8Lovejoy Middle Schoolin LovejoyNo scores
9–12Lovejoy Technology Academyin LovejoyB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 118 students, down 22% since 2020–21 · 14.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$23,097IL $21,567 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading2%
State average 29.9% · 61 students tested
Math24%
State average 25.8% · 9 students tested · the state reports 0–49%

Brooklyn vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Brooklyn’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Brooklyn—Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188
MadisonD−Granite City Community Unit School District 9 PK–12 · Madison Community Unit School District 12 PK–12
Fairmont CityC−Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12
VeniceDVenice Community Unit School District 3 PK–8 · Madison Community Unit School District 12 PK–12

Every school in Brooklyn

3 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).

Also serving Brooklynin other towns
Lovejoy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lovejoy
67 students14:1Rate it →
Lovejoy Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lovejoy
24 studentsRate it →
Lovejoy Technology Academy
High · Grades 9–12 · Lovejoy
B−
27 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Brooklyn’s schools

Are Brooklyn’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Brooklyn. Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Brooklyn. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Brooklyn in?

Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188.

Where do Brooklyn kids go to high school?

Lovejoy Technology Academy.

Parents talk

What Brooklyn 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). Stars are from neighbors.