Brookwood Jr High School

Brookwood Jr High School is a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Glenwood, Illinois, one of the schools within Brookwood SD 167. The school enrolls 226 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Brookwood Jr High School is one of 4 schools operated by Brookwood SD 167, a district that instructs 1,098 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Brookwood Jr High School records that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Brookwood Jr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Brookwood Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Brookwood Jr High School is one.

The closest other public school is Brookwood Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brookwood Jr High School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 251 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.