Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr, Ford Heights, IL

CEP schoolMedgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr is a public elementary school in Ford Heights, part of Ford Heights SD 169. It enrolled 306 students in 2024-25, with 25.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 306
Teachers (FTE): 12.0
Students per teacher: 25.5
Grades: PK to 4

This school's ratio is 5.4 higher than the district figure of 20.1. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school25.5

District20.1

Illinois13.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1101 E 10th St, Ford Heights, IL 60411
Phone: (708)758-2520
District: Ford Heights SD 169
County: Cook County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 171095001328

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free or reduced-price lunch: 29395.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

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.

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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.