📍 PO Box 665, Forreston, Ogle County, 61030
Forreston Grade School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forreston, Ogle County. The school has 244 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ryan Schrader. It is part of the Forrestville Valley CUSD 221 school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Forreston Grade School enrolls 244 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 7% Two or more races and 6.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 210 | 86% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 6.6% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
115 of the school's 244 students (47%) 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.
Forreston Grade School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 45, state house district 89.
Forreston Grade School is one of 3 schools in Forrestville Valley CUSD 221, based in Forreston, Illinois. The district serves 714 students district-wide and employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 244 students, Forreston Grade School is close to the district average of about 238 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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