Oak Forest High School

Oak Forest High School is a 9-12 campus of well-populated scale in Oak Forest, Illinois, one of the schools within Bremen CHSD 228, hosting 1,329 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Oak Forest High School sits 59% larger than that benchmark.

Within Bremen CHSD 228, which oversees 4 schools and 4,885 students, Oak Forest High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oak Forest High School logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cook County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oak Forest High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Jack Hille Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Oak Forest High School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Oak Forest High School's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,290 (now 1,329). Over the same period, the White share declined from 59% to 48%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.