📍 5931 School St, Oak Forest, Cook County, 60452
Lee R Foster Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oak Forest, Cook County. The school has 395 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Curtis Beringer. It is part of the Forest Ridge SD 142 school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lee R Foster Elem School enrolls 395 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 198 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 14 | 3.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
174 of the school's 395 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lee R Foster Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-60, state senate district 14, state house district 28.
Lee R Foster Elem School is one of 4 schools in Forest Ridge SD 142, based in Oak Forest, Illinois. The district serves 1,539 students district-wide and employs 102 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 395 students, Lee R Foster Elem School is close to the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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