Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001186
Foster Park Elementary School
8530 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-2725 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
322 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
26.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.7% | 4.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Foster Park Elementary School
Foster Park Elementary School's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Park Elementary School this school | 345 | 93.3% | 17.7% |
| Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School Chicago | 351 | 92.3% | 18.6% |
| Parker Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 367 | 93.2% | 13.9% |
| LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus Chicago | 357 | 94.7% | 34.2% |
| Gresham Elementary School Chicago | 332 | 94.6% | 24.0% |
| James Farmer Jr. Elementary Chicago | 321 | 94.1% | 18.9% |
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 Foster Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #1,684 of 1,925 | #618 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #1,824 of 2,077 ▲ 57 | #663 of 829 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,770 of 2,077 ▼ 145 | #673 of 829 ▼ 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,284 of 2,419 | #530 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #477 of 2,035 | #255 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #1,903 of 2,042 | #733 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #202 of 2,132 | #146 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #1,304 of 1,461 | #597 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
345
+59 (+21%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 641
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 | 345 | 29.3 | 11.8:1 | 93% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 24.3 | 13.9:1 | 85% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 81% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 20.8 | 17.1:1 | 74% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 96% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 94% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 44 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 41 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foster Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (356 to 345); teachers up 41% (20.8 to 29.3).
About Foster Park Elementary School
Foster Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Chicago, Illinois. Enrolled students number 345 students, in pre-K through 8.
Foster Park Elementary School reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Black students make up 95% of enrollment at Foster Park Elementary School. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.8:1, with 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 93%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
Foster Park Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Foster Park Elementary School scores 17.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 17.6%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $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 Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
Nearest public school: LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins Camp, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Foster Park Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 17.7% versus a 22.9% average.
Foster Park Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 345, a 21% gain from 286 in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Foster Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Foster Park Elementary. Foster Park Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Foster Park ElementaryUnion, SC · 430 students
Nearby schools
- LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins Camp0.3 mi · 472
- Cook Elementary School0.6 mi · 322
- CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus0.7 mi · 247
- Joplin Elementary School0.7 mi · 283
- Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy0.8 mi · 249
- Fort Dearborn Elementary School0.9 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Foster Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Foster Park Elementary School?
Foster Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-08.
Is Foster Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Foster Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foster Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foster Park Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Foster Park Elementary School?
At Foster Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% Hispanic, 95% Black.
Who oversees Foster Park Elementary School?
Foster Park Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.