Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 154 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORRESTVILLE VALLEY CUSD 221·NCES 171549001869
Forreston Grade School
601 E Main St, Forreston, IL 61030 · (815) 938-2301 · Ogle County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
94 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (48) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Forreston Grade School→Forreston Jr/Sr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Forrestville Valley CUSD 221. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
69.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.6pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +29.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 30 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 37.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Forreston Grade School
Forreston Grade School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forreston Grade School this school | 238 | 39.5% | 63.5% |
| Annawan Grade School Annawan | 243 | 38.3% | 60.8% |
| Bluford Grade School Bluford | 236 | 39.4% | 28.4% |
| Neoga Elementary School Neoga | 241 | 41.1% | 44.5% |
| Jefferson Park School El Paso | 261 | 40.2% | N/A |
| Winola Elementary School Viola | 261 | 40.2% | 47.3% |
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 Forreston Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Ogle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #242 of 1,925 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #266 of 2,077 ▲ 325 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #361 of 2,077 ▲ 249 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #1,889 of 2,419 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #287 of 2,035 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,780 of 2,042 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #1,563 of 2,132 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #367 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
238
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 388
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 | 238 | 21.6 | 11.0:1 | 39% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 19.5 | 12.9:1 | 52% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 20.2 | 12.1:1 | 47% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 19.7 | 15.6:1 | 38% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 40% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 27% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 14 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forreston Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (307 to 238); teachers up 10% (19.7 to 21.6).
About Forreston Grade School
Forreston Grade School, located in Forreston, Illinois, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 238 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Forreston Grade School reports to Forrestville Valley CUSD 221, which has 3 schools and 714 students.
White students are the large majority at Forreston Grade School, with 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Forreston Grade School comes in at 14%.
Forreston Grade School employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Forreston Grade School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 39%. That is close to the 40% average for public schools in Ogle County.
Forreston Grade School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 63.5%. Predicted: 48.7%. Difference: 14.8 points.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Ogle County show that median household income is about $82,132, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Forreston Grade School is one of 26 public schools in Ogle County, which together enroll about 8,269 students.
The nearest public school is Forreston Jr/Sr High School, at about 0.4 miles. Forreston Grade School has 6 other public schools within ten miles. Forreston Grade School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 244 students in 2020-21 and 238 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Ogle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,495
Census ACS
Median income
$82,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
8,269 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forrestville Valley CUSD 221
- Forreston Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 406 students
- German Valley Grade SchoolElementary · 70 students
Other schools in Forreston
- Forreston Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 406 students
- German Valley Grade SchoolElementary · 70 students
Nearby schools
- Forreston Jr/Sr High School0.4 mi · 406
- German Valley Grade School8.3 mi · 70
- Eastland Elementary School8.5 mi · 433
- Aplington Middle School9.5 mi · 114
- Polo Comm High School9.5 mi · 186
- Centennial Elementary School9.7 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Forreston Grade SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Forreston Grade School?
Forreston Grade School enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Forreston Grade School serve?
Forreston Grade School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Forreston Grade School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Forreston Grade School.
How diverse is Forreston Grade School?
Forreston Grade School reports a student body of 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Forreston Grade School in?
Forreston Grade School is part of Forrestville Valley CUSD 221.
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