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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Talala Elementary School, Park Forest, IL

CEP schoolTalala Elementary School is a public elementary school in Park Forest, part of Crete Monee CUSD 201U. It enrolled 305 students in 2024-25, with 16.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
305
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
16.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.4 higher than the district figure of 13.7. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.1
District13.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
430 Talala St, Park Forest, IL 60466
Phone
(708)367-2560
District
Crete Monee CUSD 201U
County
Will County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
171125001349
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
26085.2% 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.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Crete Monee CUSD 201U

Elementary schools elsewhere in Park 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.