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Lee R Foster Elementary School, Oak Forest, IL

Lee R Foster Elementary School is a public elementary school in Oak Forest, part of Forest Ridge SD 142. It enrolled 397 students in 2024-25, with 14.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Lee R Foster Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
397
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
1 to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.8. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.2
District14.8
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
5931 School St, Oak Forest, IL 60452
Phone
(708)687-4763
District
Forest Ridge SD 142
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
171548001863
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
19348.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Forest Ridge SD 142

Elementary schools elsewhere in Oak Forest

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.