State/Public Elementary Open

Forest Park Individual Ed School

๐Ÿ“ 1220 California Ave, Joliet, Will County, 60432

298
Pupils
19.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Forest Park Individual Ed School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Joliet, Will County. The school has 298 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jacob Darley. It is part of the Joliet PSD 86 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Jacob Darley
School district
Joliet PSD 86

Enrollment & staffing

Forest Park Individual Ed School enrolls 298 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.

Male students
145 (49%)
Female students
153 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
15.7
Student-teacher ratio
19.0:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 7.4% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino23178%
Black or African American3913%
White227.4%
Two or more races62%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

292 of the school's 298 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Forest Park Individual Ed 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 43, state house district 86.

School district: Joliet PSD 86

Forest Park Individual Ed School is one of 22 schools in Joliet PSD 86, based in Joliet, Illinois. The district serves 9,333 students district-wide and employs 639 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 298 students, Forest Park Individual Ed School is smaller than the district average of about 424 students per school.

9,333
District students
22
Schools
639
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

22%
Reading proficient
25%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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