Brookwood Middle School, Glenwood IL

Original Research by School Decision on Brookwood Middle School

Brookwood Middle School serves grades five and six in Glenwood, a tree-lined residential village about a short drive south of Chicago in Cook County. The school is small, with an enrollment distributed roughly equally between the two grade bands.

The student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller Hispanic population and very few White or multiracial students. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, so a reader interested in the school's economic profile may want to look into that directly with the district.

State testing data for this school year show weak proficiency across all tested subjects. In grade five English language arts, fewer than a third of students tested met proficiency. Grade five math proficiency was very low, in the low single digits. Grade five science proficiency was similarly modest. In grade six, both English language arts and math proficiency rates were low single digits, with math proficiency particularly concerning. Testing participation was strong, nearly universal in both grades.

The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among the districts in Cook County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what academic support systems are in place and what trajectory the school is on.

The district itself has recently invested in STEM infrastructure. Both primary schools now have new SmartLabs dedicated to hands-on instruction in coding, robotics, 3D printing, and artificial intelligence, opening in late summer and early fall of 2024. This means every elementary student in Brookwood moves through STEM-focused learning before arriving at the middle level.

Glenwood itself is a quiet, car-dependent community of affordable single-family homes and ranches surrounded by forest preserves. Housing prices in the area are modest compared to state and national benchmarks. The village has limited walkable commercial life, though a small cluster exists on Main Street, and residents typically drive to nearby Homewood for larger shopping and services. The community is focused on redevelopment of older commercial corridors and underutilized sites rather than rapid new growth.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 52%

School 2% · District 2%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 65%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 626%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Science

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolBrookwood SD 167, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.