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Ridge Early Childhood Center, Oak Forest, IL

Ridge Early Childhood Center is a public elementary school in Oak Forest, part of Forest Ridge SD 142. It enrolled 245 students in 2024-25, with 18.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
245
Teachers (FTE)
13.0
Students per teacher
18.8
Grades
PK to K

This school's ratio is 4.0 higher than 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 school18.8
District14.8
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
5151 149th St, Oak Forest, IL 60452
Phone
(708)687-2964
District
Forest Ridge SD 142
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
171548001865
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
6325.7% 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.