Enrollment
186
Middle
DISTRICT 181 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST PARK SD 91·NCES 171545001858
Forest Park Middle School
925 Beloit Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130 · (708) 366-5742 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Illinois public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
100 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 56 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Forest Park SD 91. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
59.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 21.8% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park Middle School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Middle School this school | 186 | 53.8% | 44.3% |
| Pontiac Jr High School Fairview Heights | 212 | 52.4% | 34.3% |
| Emge Junior High School Belleville | 146 | 56.8% | 42.4% |
| Wentworth Jr High School Calumet City | 302 | 56.6% | 20.1% |
| Calumet Elementary School Calumet Park | 316 | 56.0% | 18.6% |
| Rickover Jr High School Sauk Village | 371 | 51.5% | 13.9% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Forest Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #277 of 578 | #42 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #417 of 640 ▼ 55 | #86 of 146 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #300 of 640 ▼ 7 | #67 of 146 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #575 of 691 | #140 of 148 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #255 of 581 | #78 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #214 of 440 | #49 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
186
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 262
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 | 186 | 21 | 8.9:1 | 54% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 18 | 10.2:1 | 48% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 17.5 | 9.1:1 | 63% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 212 | 32.1 | 6.6:1 | 64% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 32 | 7.9:1 | 54% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 32 | 8.8:1 | 50% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 20 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (212 to 186); teachers down 34% (32.1 to 21).
About Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park Middle School sits in Forest Park, Illinois, and is classified as a middle school. It has an enrollment of 186 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 60% below average.
Forest Park Middle School is one school in Forest Park SD 91, a system of 4 schools with 724 students.
The student body at Forest Park Middle School is 55% Black. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 16% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, Forest Park Middle School has a ratio of 8.9:1. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is 4.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 54%. That is 12 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Forest Park Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Illinois public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.5%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Forest Park Middle School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Field Stevenson Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Forest Park Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Forest Park Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Forest Park Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 189 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 186.
Forest Park Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Forest Park SD 91
- Field Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
- Betsy Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 138 students
Other schools in Forest Park
- Proviso Math and Science AcademyHigh · 925 students
- Field Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
- Betsy Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 138 students
Other Forest Park Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Forest Park Middle. Forest Park Middle School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Forest Park MiddleFranklin, WI · 1,056 students
- Forest Park Middle SchoolMarrow, GA · 593 students
- Forest Park MiddleSpringfield, MA · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Field Stevenson Elementary School0.0 mi · 214
- Garfield Elementary School0.5 mi · 186
- Betsy Ross Elementary School0.6 mi · 138
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 580
- Jefferson Elementary School1.0 mi · 453
- Proviso Math and Science Academy1.1 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park Middle SchoolHow many students attend Forest Park Middle School?
Forest Park Middle School enrolls approximately 186 students in grades 06-08.
Is Forest Park Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Park Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Forest Park Middle School?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at Forest Park Middle School.
How diverse is Forest Park Middle School?
Forest Park Middle School reports a student body of 16% White, 22% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Forest Park Middle School?
Forest Park Middle School is overseen by Forest Park SD 91 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.