State/Public Middle Open

Michelle Obama Sch of Technology

530 Lakewood Blvd, Park Forest, Cook County, 60466

484
Pupils
10.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Michelle Obama Sch of Technology is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Park Forest, Cook County. The school has 484 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Taiyuan Banks. It is part of the Park Forest SD 163 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Taiyuan Banks
School district
Park Forest SD 163

Enrollment & staffing

Michelle Obama Sch of Technology enrolls 484 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.

Male students
237 (49%)
Female students
247 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
44.9
Student-teacher ratio
10.8:1
Grade span
6–8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American40483%
Hispanic or Latino5812%
Two or more races122.5%
White102.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

349 of the school's 484 students (72%) 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 6–8Title I

Michelle Obama Sch of Technology 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-20, state senate district 40, state house district 80.

School district: Park Forest SD 163

Michelle Obama Sch of Technology is one of 6 schools in Park Forest SD 163, based in Park Forest, Illinois. The district serves 1,524 students district-wide and employs 121 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 484 students, Michelle Obama Sch of Technology is larger than the district average of about 254 students per school.

1,524
District students
6
Schools
121
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

27%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi 💻 Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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