Forest View Elem School

Forest View Elem School, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Mount Prospect, Illinois, part of Comm Cons SD 59, teaches 339 students, covering grades K through 5.

Forest View Elem School is one of 15 schools operated by Comm Cons SD 59, a district that enrolls 5,869 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Forest View Elem School shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 31% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. Compared to Cook County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Forest View Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Forest View Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Forest View Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is The Early Learning Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Forest View Elem School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Forest View Elem School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 339). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 37% to 43%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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