Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE-HILLS ESD 144·NCES 172472002676
Fieldcrest Elementary School
4100 Wagman St, Oak Forest, IL 60452 · (708) 210-2872 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
206 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fieldcrest Elementary School→Prairie-Hills Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Prairie-Hills ESD 144. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 19.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fieldcrest Elementary School
Fieldcrest Elementary School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldcrest Elementary School this school | 217 | 94.9% | 27.1% |
| Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center Chicago | 266 | 92.9% | 18.2% |
| Lorenzo R Smith Elementary School Pembroke Township | 193 | 91.7% | 19.8% |
| Mark Twain Primary School Kankakee | 192 | 93.8% | 8.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Dixmoor | 174 | 96.6% | N/A |
| Pleasant Acres Elementary School Rantoul | 293 | 94.5% | 13.7% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fieldcrest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,382 of 1,925 | #449 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,419 of 2,077 ▼ 222 | #445 of 829 ▼ 80 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #1,619 of 2,077 ▼ 423 | #587 of 829 ▼ 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #1,990 of 2,419 | #803 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,815 of 2,035 | #750 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #422 of 2,042 | #162 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #158 of 2,132 | #119 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #591 of 1,461 | #329 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
217
-13 (-6%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 217 | 13 | 16.7:1 | 95% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 17.5 | 12.2:1 | 97% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 207 | 17.5 | 11.8:1 | 97% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 88% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 254 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 96% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 22 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fieldcrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (260 to 217); teachers down 24% (17 to 13).
About Fieldcrest Elementary School
Fieldcrest Elementary School is an elementary school in Oak Forest, Illinois, and it is part of Prairie-Hills ESD 144. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 217 students. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
Prairie-Hills ESD 144 (9 schools, 2,473 students) runs Fieldcrest Elementary School.
Enrollment at Fieldcrest Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 44%. Other reported shares: 40% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. Fieldcrest Elementary School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 13 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 29 points lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Fieldcrest Elementary School is 10.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.1% actual, 16.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The next-closest public school is Markham Park Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fieldcrest Elementary School. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Fieldcrest Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Fieldcrest Elementary School 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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 230 to 217.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prairie-Hills ESD 144
- Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Mae Jemison SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Markham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Chateaux SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Nob Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 164 students
Other schools in Oak Forest
- Oak Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,329 students
- Arbor Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 520 students
- Jack Hille Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Walter F Fierke Ed CenterElementary · 443 students
- Kerkstra Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Lee R Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Markham Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 292
- Nob Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 164
- Primary Learning Center1.3 mi · 4
- Bremen High School1.4 mi · 1,414
- Highlands Elementary School1.5 mi · 311
- Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy1.6 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About Fieldcrest Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fieldcrest Elementary School?
Fieldcrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 217 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fieldcrest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fieldcrest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fieldcrest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fieldcrest Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fieldcrest Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fieldcrest Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 44% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fieldcrest Elementary School?
Fieldcrest Elementary School is overseen by Prairie-Hills ESD 144 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.