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Longwood Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
1699th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Longwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Glenwood, Illinois, serving grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 346 students. The school is part of the Brookwood School District 167, which is ranked 748 out of 811 school districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Longwood Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1,684 and 2,014 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years. The school's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 26.5% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 22.7% in Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year. The school also has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 62.14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year.

Interestingly, Hickory Bend Elementary School, another school in the Brookwood School District 167, has similar academic performance and demographic characteristics to Longwood Elementary School. In contrast, schools in the neighboring Flossmoor School District 161 and Homewood School District 153 generally perform better academically and have lower rates of students from low-income backgrounds. The nearby Taft School and Barack H. Obama Learning Academy, which serve predominantly low-income and minority student populations, also struggle academically, with performance levels similar to or lower than Longwood Elementary School.

364
Students ?
15.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,824
Per pupil spending ?
57.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 441 N Longwood Dr
       Glenwood, IL  60425-1211

(708) 757-2100

District: Brookwood School District 167


Students who attend Longwood Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Brookwood Junior High School
    Brookwood Middle School
High:    Bloom High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
72.5%
Hispanic:
22.5%
Two or more races:
3.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (25% vs 46% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg24%
Illinois avg46%
1,699th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 23% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Brookwood School District 167
748th of 811Brookwood School District 167 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.61699 of 205617.4%★☆☆☆☆
202415.31836 of 206711.2%★☆☆☆☆
202310.82014 of 20773.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.11696 of 208218.5%★☆☆☆☆
202116.91684 of 194813.6%★☆☆☆☆
201913.41921 of 20867.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.21876 of 20377.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201727.51484 of 204427.4%★☆☆☆☆
201637.51228 of 204640.0%★★☆☆☆
201524.51576 of 205223.2%★☆☆☆☆
201443.81248 of 209340.4%★★☆☆☆
201321.61762 of 216718.7%★☆☆☆☆
201247.41359 of 216637.3%★★☆☆☆
201161.6995 of 214753.7%★★★☆☆
201035.51560 of 213927.1%★☆☆☆☆
200929.21661 of 212021.7%★☆☆☆☆
200834.31556 of 209225.6%★☆☆☆☆
200728.81704 of 209518.7%★☆☆☆☆
200630.71654 of 208620.7%★☆☆☆☆
200545.91315 of 202235.0%★★☆☆☆
200439.31427 of 203029.7%★☆☆☆☆
200321.81649 of 202018.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202544.9334 of 68851.5%★★★☆☆
202433.0451 of 65531.1%★★☆☆☆
202324.4605 of 69212.6%★☆☆☆☆
202242.1336 of 68450.9%★★★☆☆
202143.6179 of 42858.2%★★★☆☆
201930.9516 of 71127.4%★☆☆☆☆
201837.5404 of 69842.1%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
201942.9409 of 74345.0%★★☆☆☆
201819.9696 of 7183.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.71503 of 194222.6%★☆☆☆☆
202415.41738 of 194210.5%★☆☆☆☆
202312.11868 of 19574.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.91599 of 197018.8%★☆☆☆☆
202112.41600 of 16804.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.91746 of 201913.5%★☆☆☆☆
201812.61836 of 19646.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202424.8772 of 95919.5%★☆☆☆☆
202124.6633 of 74214.7%★☆☆☆☆
201930.9700 of 95526.7%★☆☆☆☆
201814.1910 of 9383.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.41532 of 180014.9%★☆☆☆☆
202420.41578 of 179312.0%★☆☆☆☆
202315.11742 of 18083.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.31387 of 176321.3%★☆☆☆☆
202127.71166 of 151423.0%★☆☆☆☆
201923.21561 of 181614.0%★☆☆☆☆
201820.11580 of 176510.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.01699 of 194712.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.21672 of 195914.7%★☆☆☆☆
202310.91930 of 19842.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.81651 of 197716.5%★☆☆☆☆
202121.41367 of 170719.9%★☆☆☆☆
201910.61943 of 20193.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.01754 of 197211.1%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2025)51st percentile+34 vs school
English Language Learner (2019)45th percentile+37 vs school
Female (2025)23rd percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2024)19th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile~ school
Male (2025)13th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts26%-27 vs state
Mathematics23%-16 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 364 students attended Longwood Elementary School.

Students who attend Longwood Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Brookwood Junior High School
Middle : Brookwood Middle School
High : Bloom High School

Longwood Elementary School ranks in the bottom 17.4% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students at Longwood Elementary School are 73% African American, 23% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% White.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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