Lee R Foster Elementary School
5931 School St
Oak Forest IL, 60452, Cook County
Phone: 708-687-4763
Ranking: 
(1,442 out of 3,028, top 48%)*
(1,442 out of 3,028, top 48%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5
School District: Forest Ridge School District 142
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 428 | 423 | 453 | 436 | 421 | 461 | 455 | |||||||
| Grade 1: | 88 | 20.6% | 64 | 15.1% | 90 | 19.9% | 93 | 21.3% | 74 | 17.6% | 85 | 18.4% | 91 | 20.0% |
| Grade 2: | 66 | 15.4% | 96 | 22.7% | 100 | 22.1% | 74 | 17.0% | 84 | 20.0% | 92 | 20.0% | 83 | 18.2% |
| Grade 3: | 99 | 23.1% | 97 | 22.9% | 77 | 17.0% | 82 | 18.8% | 86 | 20.4% | 85 | 18.4% | 87 | 19.1% |
| Grade 4: | 92 | 21.5% | 81 | 19.1% | 85 | 18.8% | 96 | 22.0% | 86 | 20.4% | 92 | 20.0% | 110 | 24.2% |
| Grade 5: | 83 | 19.4% | 85 | 20.1% | 101 | 22.3% | 91 | 20.9% | 90 | 21.4% | 107 | 23.2% | 84 | 18.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 210 | 49.1% | 202 | 47.8% | 213 | 47.0% | 202 | 46.3% | 174 | 41.3% | 224 | 48.6% | 214 | 47.0% |
| Female: | 218 | 50.9% | 221 | 52.2% | 240 | 53.0% | 234 | 53.7% | 212 | 50.4% | 204 | 44.3% | 213 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 7 | 1.6% | 8 | 1.9% | 9 | 2.0% | 11 | 2.5% | 8 | 1.9% | 5 | 1.1% | 8 | 1.8% |
| Hispanic: | 80 | 18.7% | 85 | 20.1% | 95 | 21.0% | 80 | 18.3% | 60 | 14.3% | 56 | 12.1% | 50 | 11.0% |
| Black: | 32 | 7.5% | 33 | 7.8% | 26 | 5.7% | 22 | 5.0% | 22 | 5.2% | 13 | 2.8% | 9 | 2.0% |
| White: | 293 | 68.5% | 286 | 67.6% | 309 | 68.2% | 305 | 70.0% | 304 | 72.2% | 362 | 78.5% | 364 | 80.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 15 | 3.5% | 10 | 2.4% | 14 | 3.1% | 16 | 3.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 172 | 40.2% | 120 | 28.4% | 57 | 12.6% | 112 | 25.7% | 95 | 22.6% | 86 | 18.7% | 83 | 18.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 9 | 2.1% | 29 | 6.9% | 103 | 22.7% | 28 | 6.4% | 30 | 7.1% | 21 | 4.6% | 24 | 5.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.46 | 16.08 | 18.88 | 17.44 | 17.54 | 18.40 | 17.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.0% | 85.4% | 75.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 79.2% | 79.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 87.8% | 79.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 90.7% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 89.6% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 90.9% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.2% | 85.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.5% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 95.1% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 96.1% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 76.0% | 54.8% |
| 2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 68.9% | 62.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 56.0% | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 73.9% | 66.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 74.7% | 70.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.0% | 72.4% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 74.7% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 82.0% | 72.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 80.7% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 83.8% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 86.2% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 76.6% | 58.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 90.1% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 89.3% | 86.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 90.3% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 89.5% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 91.1% | 85.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 91.1% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 96.3% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 77.0% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 80% | 72.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 82.4% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 81.5% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 79.3% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 89.1% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 78.5% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 85.1% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 73.3% | 59.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.0% | 75.0% | 66.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 75.0% | 67.8% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 78.0% | 71.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 87.8% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 87.3% | 79.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.0% | 88.7% | 76.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 87.3% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 89.8% | 76.6% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 88.4% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 89.4% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 90.7% | 80.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 63.1% | 68.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 75.9% | 71.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 62.5% | 73.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 79.5% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 83.5% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 83.9% | 81.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 87.3% | 82.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 84.4% | 83.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 89.8% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 88.8% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 64.5% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 61.5% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 64.0% | 60.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 59.9% | 62.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 69.2% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 76.6% | 69.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 77.7% | 73.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 85.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 81.7% | 74.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 87.9% | 76.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 83.2% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 71.7% | 58.9% |
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* Lee R Foster Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.