Forest Park Middle School

Forest Park Middle School is a small middle-grades school in Forest Park, Illinois, run under Forest Park SD 91. The school serves 186 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Across the 4 schools in Forest Park SD 91 (724 students total), Forest Park Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Forest Park Middle School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Forest Park Middle School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 54% 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 meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Forest Park Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forest Park Middle School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Field Stevenson Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Forest Park Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Forest Park Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Forest Park Middle School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 186). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 66% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 6.6:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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