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Forest Hills Elem School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
5020 Central Ave
Western Springs, IL 60558
Phone
(708) 246-7678
District
WESTERN SPRINGS SD 101
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
299
Classroom Teachers
26

* Forest Hills Elem School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.5% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Forest Hills Elem School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
28%
80%
29%
75%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 5 1.7%
Kindergarten 45 15.1%
Grade 1 49 16.4%
Grade 2 62 20.7%
Grade 3 45 15.1%
Grade 4 51 17.1%
Grade 5 42 14.0%
Total 299 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.0% 91.9% 48.7%
Black 0.0% 0.3% 17.3%
Hispanic 7.3% 6.3% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.4% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,330 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,852.3 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 28.0% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 20.5% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.7% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 12.0% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,232 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 2.0% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.3% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 83.8% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 63.8% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.7% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.2% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.2% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.1% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 0.8% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 2.3% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,496 $15,334,656 59.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $956 $1,396,716 5.4%
Staff $1,266 $1,849,626 7.2%
General Administration $559 $816,699 3.2%
School Administration $1,209 $1,766,349 6.9%
Operation $1,066 $1,557,426 6.1%
Transportation $144 $210,384 0.8%
Other $0 $0 0.0%
Total Support $5,201 $7,598,661 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,858 $2,714,538 10.6%
Total Expenditures $17,555 $25,647,855 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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