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Schools in East Brooklyn

East Brooklyn’s public schools

Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District and South Wilmington Consolidated School District 74 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for East Brooklyn. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 122% 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
24%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$30.8K
▲ 43% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Gardner-South Wilmington Township High
Students per teacher
8.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
227 students on the public path
In brief

East Brooklyn’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of East Brooklyn’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H S places highest (better than 65%); South Wilmington Grade School 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 East Brooklyn, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8South Wilmington Grade Schoolin South WilmingtonB−
9–12Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H Sin GardnerB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District.

Two districts serve East Brooklyn

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

Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 schools · 154 students, down 15% since 2020–21 · 8.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$30,824IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
South Wilmington Consolidated School District 74Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 73 students, down 13% since 2020–21 · 9.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,047IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District24%
State average 29.9% · 39 students tested
Math · 9–12, Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District24%
State average 25.8% · 50 students tested
Reading · K–8, South Wilmington Consolidated School District 7434%
State average 29.9% · 53 students tested
Math · K–8, South Wilmington Consolidated School District 7424%
State average 25.8% · 58 students tested

East Brooklyn vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
East Brooklyn—South Wilmington Consolidated School District 74 K–8 · Gardner-South Wilmington Township High 9–12

Every school in East Brooklyn

2 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 East Brooklynin other towns
South Wilmington Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · South Wilmington
B−
73 students9:1Rate it →
Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Gardner
B+
154 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about East Brooklyn’s schools

Are East Brooklyn’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for East Brooklyn. Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District and South Wilmington Consolidated School District 74 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for East Brooklyn. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is East Brooklyn in?

Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District and South Wilmington Consolidated School District 74.

Where do East Brooklyn kids go to high school?

Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H S.

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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.