Giant Steps Illinois (2026 Profile)

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Quick Facts (2026)

School Type: Special Education School
Grades: Kindergarten-12
Enrollment: 111 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Facts

School Type

Special Education School

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Kindergarten-12

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Giant Steps Illinois
Kind	1
1	1
2	6
3	11
4	6
5	5
6	13
7	17
8	3
9	8
10	17
11	16
12	7

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Year Founded

1996

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Student Body

Total Students

111 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

56%

State avg.: 34%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

25 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

4:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Since our inception in 1996, Giant Steps has been focused on providing education, therapeutic and recreational programs for Elementary, Junior High and High School students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), their families and the community.
Giant Steps is currently designated as a therapeutic day school in the State of Illinois licensed and certified to exclusively serve students with a primary diagnosis of autism.
Our goal is to improve a child's ability to interact, communicate, and develop academic and daily living skills through a one-on-one integrated approach.

School Motto: 'Equipping and empowering students to be academically successful and to independently participate in their community to the fullest extent possible both now and into adulthood.'

Since our inception in 1996, Giant Steps has been focused on providing education, therapeutic and recreational programs for Elementary, Junior High and High School students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), their families and the community. Giant Steps is currently designated as a therapeutic day school in the State of Illinois licensed and certified to exclusively serve students with a primary diagnosis of autism. Our goal is to improve a child's ability to interact, communicate, and develop academic and daily living skills through a one-on-one integrated approach.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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5 2/27/2020

Giant Steps is Godsend, full of Angels for teachers. My son has absolutely thrived here. I cannot do it, without them! This school is phenomenal!

- Posted by Parent - Kathleen Oury

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