River Forest High School

River Forest High School is a cozy senior high in Hobart, Indiana, operated by River Forest Community Sch Corp. The school enrolls 565 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

River Forest Community Sch Corp runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,707 students. River Forest High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, River Forest High School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 24% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lake County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Lake County runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), of which River Forest High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: River Forest Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at River Forest High School has edged up 14%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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