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Forest Elementary School
1375 South 5th Ave
Des Plaines IL, 60018, Cook County
Phone: 847-824-1380
Ranking: 
(1,221 out of 3,028, top 40%)*
(1,221 out of 3,028, top 40%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 42 | 54 | 40 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 647 | 675 | 625 | 430 | 438 | 397 | 448 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 236 | 36.5% | 251 | 37.2% | 197 | 31.5% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% | 26 | 6.5% | 5 | 1.1% |
| Kindergarten: | 58 | 9.0% | 79 | 11.7% | 69 | 11.0% | 71 | 16.5% | 71 | 16.2% | 54 | 13.6% | 60 | 13.4% |
| Grade 1: | 69 | 10.7% | 62 | 9.2% | 73 | 11.7% | 68 | 15.8% | 73 | 16.7% | 60 | 15.1% | 74 | 16.5% |
| Grade 2: | 69 | 10.7% | 68 | 10.1% | 70 | 11.2% | 70 | 16.3% | 75 | 17.1% | 61 | 15.4% | 75 | 16.7% |
| Grade 3: | 67 | 10.4% | 73 | 10.8% | 71 | 11.4% | 72 | 16.7% | 70 | 16.0% | 63 | 15.9% | 81 | 18.1% |
| Grade 4: | 75 | 11.6% | 71 | 10.5% | 75 | 12.0% | 73 | 17.0% | 76 | 17.4% | 65 | 16.4% | 79 | 17.6% |
| Grade 5: | 73 | 11.3% | 71 | 10.5% | 70 | 11.2% | 73 | 17.0% | 70 | 16.0% | 68 | 17.1% | 74 | 16.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 353 | 54.6% | 372 | 55.1% | 338 | 54.1% | 227 | 52.8% | 209 | 47.7% | 178 | 44.8% | 215 | 48.0% |
| Female: | 294 | 45.4% | 303 | 44.9% | 287 | 45.9% | 203 | 47.2% | 201 | 45.9% | 189 | 47.6% | 211 | 47.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 59 | 9.1% | 42 | 6.2% | 37 | 5.9% | 16 | 3.7% | 14 | 3.2% | 8 | 2.0% | 12 | 2.7% |
| Hispanic: | 281 | 43.4% | 319 | 47.3% | 303 | 48.5% | 176 | 40.9% | 150 | 34.2% | 94 | 23.7% | 142 | 31.7% |
| Black: | 6 | 0.9% | 13 | 1.9% | 7 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.5% |
| White: | 293 | 45.3% | 291 | 43.1% | 267 | 42.7% | 225 | 52.3% | 250 | 57.1% | 266 | 67.0% | 265 | 59.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.6% | 6 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.1% | 7 | 1.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 293 | 45.3% | 143 | 21.2% | 101 | 16.2% | 106 | 24.7% | 111 | 25.3% | 88 | 22.2% | 92 | 20.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 54 | 8.3% | 247 | 36.6% | 153 | 24.5% | 17 | 4.0% | 29 | 6.6% | 38 | 9.6% | 56 | 12.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.26 | 12.61 | 15.47 | 17.20 | 18.02 | 15.30 | 20.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 86.2% | 75.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 89.4% | 79.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 88.4% | 79.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 92.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 90.5% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.7% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 90.4% | 85.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 94% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.0% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 90.6% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 60.7% | 54.8% |
| 2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 73% | 62.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 74.2% | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 74.7% | 66.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.0% | 76.2% | 70.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.0% | 78.7% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.0% | 72.1% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.0% | 75.6% | 72.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 78.5% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 78.3% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 78.9% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 91.4% | 86.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.7% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 91.9% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 90.6% | 85.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 94.0% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 92.9% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 66.8% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.0% | 81.4% | 72.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 80.3% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 75.8% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 78.5% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 77.8% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 78.2% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 80.0% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 65.4% | 59.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 73.0% | 66.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 82.7% | 67.8% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.0% | 81.9% | 71.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 90.3% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 90.0% | 79.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 82.4% | 76.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 84.3% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.0% | 81.6% | 76.6% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 83.6% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 83.5% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 86.6% | 80.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 81.5% | 68.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 85.8% | 71.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 86.9% | 73.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 90.0% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 92.5% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 88.4% | 81.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 87.4% | 82.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 89.8% | 83.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 89.7% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 90.8% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 66.8% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 68.9% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 68.2% | 60.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 76.2% | 62.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 82.0% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 81.7% | 69.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 78.6% | 73.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 76.1% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 78.8% | 74.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 81.7% | 76.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 79.6% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 62.1% | 58.9% |
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* Forest Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.