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What's the one class at Forest Road Elem School every student should take?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA GRANGE SD 102·NCES 172160002422
Forest Road Elementary School
901 Forest Rd, La Grange Park, IL 60526 · (708) 215-6400 · Cook County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
126 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (63) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Forest Road Elementary School→Park Junior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within La Grange SD 102. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
74.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.1pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.5% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 48.3% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Road Elementary School
Forest Road Elementary School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Road Elementary School this school | 452 | 27.9% | 63.9% |
| Mitchell Elementary School Chicago | 446 | 30.3% | 58.7% |
| Old Post Elementary School Oswego | 387 | 30.7% | 53.1% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Villa Park | 425 | 25.4% | 62.0% |
| Circle Center Grade School Yorkville | 534 | 29.6% | 54.5% |
| Lace Elementary School Darien | 377 | 30.8% | 55.0% |
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 Forest Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #232 of 1,925 | #80 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #374 of 2,077 ▼ 29 | #127 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #240 of 2,077 ▲ 42 | #92 of 829 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #747 of 2,419 | #347 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #178 of 2,035 | #108 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #582 of 2,042 | #218 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #1,818 of 2,132 | #718 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #726 of 1,461 | #385 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
452
-75 (-14%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 437
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 | 452 | 43.5 | 10.4:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 40.5 | 12.2:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 41.5 | 11.7:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 40.7 | 12.8:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 24% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 21% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 37 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (523 to 452); teachers up 7% (40.7 to 43.5).
About Forest Road Elementary School
La Grange Park, Illinois, is home to Forest Road Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 452 students in grades 1 through 6.
La Grange SD 102 oversees Forest Road Elementary School and 5 other schools, with 2,875 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Forest Road Elementary School, about 56 are White. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Cook County, the White share is about 44%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The school has 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Forest Road Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 63.9% actual against 55.4% predicted.
Census data for Cook County show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Barnsdale Road School, is the closest to Forest Road Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 14%.
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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 La Grange SD 102
- Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Ogden Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Cossitt Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Congress Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Barnsdale Road SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in La Grange Park
- Brook Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 889 students
- Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Barnsdale Road SchoolElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Barnsdale Road School0.1 mi · 308
- Brook Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 889
- S E Gross Middle School0.9 mi · 498
- Ogden Ave Elementary School1.0 mi · 563
- Park Junior High School1.0 mi · 661
- Cossitt Ave Elementary School1.3 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Forest Road Elementary School?
Forest Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does Forest Road Elementary School serve?
Forest Road Elementary School serves grades 01-06.
How many students per teacher at Forest Road Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Forest Road Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Forest Road Elementary School?
Student demographics at Forest Road Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Forest Road Elementary School public or private?
Forest Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by La Grange SD 102.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.