Forest Ridge School District 142

Public Regional · 2 towns Grades PK–8 B-School Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Oak Forest and Midlothian, and parts of Bremen and Crestwood.

At a glance

1,539Students enrolled

4Schools

2Towns served

$15,300Spent per student

15:1Student–teacher ratio

43%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

For Oak Forest

Grades PK–K

Ridge Early Childhood Center or Kimberly Heights Elem SchoolDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 1–5

Kerkstra Elem School or Lee R Foster Elem School or Scarlet Oak Elementary SchoolDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 6–8

Arbor Park Middle School or Jack Hille Middle SchoolDepends on your addressArbor Park School District 145

Grades 9–12

4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the listBremen Community High School District 228

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs IL

Math proficiency22%

State average 25.8%

Reading / language arts30%

State average 30.7%

Graduation rate 88% at Bremen Community High School District 228, which runs the high school (state 87.3%) · class of 2018

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$15,300

per student each year · 29% below the IL average

Spending

Classroom instruction55%

Support & administration43%

Other2%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)42%

State49%

Federal9%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

1,550’20

1,495’21

1,539’22

1,511’23

1,539’24

Students

White · 49%749

Hispanic · 35%532

Black · 10%155

Two or more races · 4%61

Asian · 3%42

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Towns served

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Oak Forest26,805 people

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Midlothian13,948 people

Also covers small parts of Bremen and Crestwood.

Schools4 in district · 4 next

This district · grades PK–8

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Kerkstra Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 1–5 · 407 students · Oak Forest

B+Public 📚

Lee R Foster Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 1–5 · 397 students · Oak Forest

BPublic 📚

Ridge Early Childhood CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 245 students · Oak Forest

Public 📚

Jack Hille Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 490 students · Oak Forest

B-Public

Where students go next · Bremen Community High School District 228

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Bremen High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,414 students · Midlothian

C-Public 🏫

Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,100 students · Country Club Hills

DPublic 🏫

Oak Forest High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,329 students · Oak Forest

BPublic 🏫

Tinley Park High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,042 students · Tinley Park

B-Public

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Nearby districts

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Community High School District 218Alsip · Robbins · Worth · $25,321 per student

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Consolidated High School District 230Orland Park · Orland · Tinley Park · $25,716 per student

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Cook County School District 130Alsip · Robbins · $22,624 per student

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Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5Posen · Robbins · $24,959 per student

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.