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Enrollment
3,307
High
STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK - RIVER FOREST SD 200·NCES 172928003070
Oak Park & River Forest High School
201 N Scoville Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302 · (708) 383-0700 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL3,307 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Illinois public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
242 FTE teachers
STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
598 students
STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 853 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 801 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 794 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 859 | 26% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Oak Park & River Forest High School
Oak Park & River Forest High School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park & River Forest High School this school | 3,307 | 18.1% | 68.2% |
| Edwardsville High School Edwardsville | 2,342 | 19.0% | 56.9% |
| Yorkville High School Yorkville | 2,266 | 25.8% | 44.4% |
| York Comm High School Elmhurst | 2,590 | 18.3% | 66.5% |
| O Fallon High School O Fallon | 2,540 | 28.1% | 51.7% |
| Mascoutah High School Mascoutah | 1,243 | 21.8% | 58.9% |
Matched among Illinois high 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 Oak Park & River Forest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #13 of 573 | #9 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,307 | #14 of 708 | #7 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #218 of 528 | #56 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #56 of 537 | #22 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #563 of 578 | #170 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #309 of 358 | #90 of 101 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,307
-120 (-4%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 2,629
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 | 3,307 | 241.9 | 13.7:1 | 18% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 3,256 | 235.5 | 13.8:1 | 20% (649) |
| 2022-23 | 3,304 | 235.2 | 14.1:1 | 19% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 3,427 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 3,370 | 233.8 | 14.4:1 | 21% (724) |
| 2015-16 | 3,243 | 231 | 14.0:1 | 19% (631) |
| 2010-11 | 3,168 | 199 | 15.9:1 | 21% (679) |
| 2000-01 | 2,830 | 166 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 2,629 | 188 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park & River Forest High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (3,370 to 3,307); teachers up 3% (233.8 to 241.9).
About Oak Park & River Forest High School
Oak Park & River Forest High School is a high-enrollment high school in Illinois, located in Oak Park. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 3,307 students. By comparison, high schools in Illinois enroll about 834 students on average.
Oak Park & River Forest High School falls under Oak Park - River Forest SD 200.
More than half of the students at Oak Park & River Forest High School are White (51%). The next largest groups are 17% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oak Park & River Forest High School scores 66%.
For every teacher at Oak Park & River Forest High School, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 241.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. There are 598 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Oak Park & River Forest High School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Illinois public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Oak Park & River Forest High School, the prediction is 61.1% and the result is 68.2%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Oak Park & River Forest High School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Oak Park & River Forest High School is closest to William Beye Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Oak Park & River Forest High School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Oak Park & River Forest High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 4% across 4 years, from 3,427 in 2020-21 to 3,307 in 2024-25.
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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 Oak Park
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Nearby schools
- William Beye Elementary School0.3 mi · 397
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary School0.5 mi · 513
- Percy Julian Middle School0.7 mi · 927
- Whittier Elementary School0.7 mi · 386
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School0.7 mi · 947
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.0 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park & River Forest High SchoolHow large is Oak Park & River Forest High School?
Oak Park & River Forest High School enrolls approximately 3,307 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Oak Park & River Forest High School serve?
Oak Park & River Forest High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Park & River Forest High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Park & River Forest High School is approximately 13.7:1 (242 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oak Park & River Forest High School?
Student demographics at Oak Park & River Forest High School are roughly 51% White, 16% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Oak Park & River Forest High School public or private?
Oak Park & River Forest High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Park - River Forest SD 200.
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