Longwood Elem School

Located at 441 N Longwood Dr, in Glenwood, Illinois, Longwood Elem School is a medium-sized K-5 school that serves 364 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Brookwood SD 167.

Brookwood SD 167 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,098 students. Longwood Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Longwood Elem School logs that Black students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Longwood Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Longwood Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.4%; actual is 20.8%, a gap of -17.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Longwood Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: James Hart School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Longwood Elem School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Longwood Elem School has increased 7%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 6% to 1%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.