21st Century Primary Center

Families in Park Forest, Illinois, are served by 21st Century Primary Center, a very small elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 3 and reported 152 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.

Within Park Forest SD 163, 21st Century Primary Center is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 1,524 students.

More than half of enrollment at 21st Century Primary Center is Black: 76%. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.

21st Century Primary Center has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1, with 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 80% at 21st Century Primary Center. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.

Among Illinois public elementary schools, 21st Century Primary Center outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

21st Century Primary Center's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.7%) and its predicted rate (25.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.

For the population of Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.

21st Century Primary Center's closest public school neighbor is Blackhawk Primary Center, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around 21st Century Primary Center holds at least 8 other public schools. 21st Century Primary Center ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.7% against a local average of 27.5%.

21st Century Primary Center is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Enrollment was 152 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 163.

This page is set up for the 21st Century Primary Center community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.