Michelle Obama Sch of Technology

Michelle Obama Sch of Technology is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in Park Forest, Illinois, operated by Park Forest SD 163, with 428 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Park Forest SD 163, which oversees 6 schools and 1,524 students, Michelle Obama Sch of Technology is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Michelle Obama Sch of Technology reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Michelle Obama Sch of Technology tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Michelle Obama Sch of Technology qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Michelle Obama Sch of Technology performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 22.4%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household income runs about $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%. Michelle Obama Sch of Technology is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Mohawk Primary Center, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Michelle Obama Sch of Technology. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Michelle Obama Sch of Technology at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Michelle Obama Sch of Technology's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 428). The Black share of enrollment fell from 87% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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