Is Foreman High School a good school?

Foreman High School ranks in the bottom 10.5% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Foreman High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 648 students attended Foreman High School.

What is the racial makeup of Foreman High School?

Students at Foreman High School are 79% Hispanic, 15% African American, 4% White.

What schools feed into Foreman High School?

Foreman High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Falconer Elementary School Elementary : Hanson Park Elementary School Elementary : Lloyd Elementary School Elementary : Schubert Elementary School Middle : Northwest Middle School

Foreman High School

Summary:

Foreman High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 648 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Foreman High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Foreman High School faces significant challenges, with low four-year graduation rates ranging from 51.5% to 65.7% over the past 5 years, much lower than the state and district averages. The school also has high dropout rates, ranging from 7.0% to 10.5%, and extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 47.3% to 71.9%, all of which are much higher than the state and district averages. Academically, Foreman High School students perform significantly below state and district averages on standardized tests, with only 2-6.8% of students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and English Language Arts, and 10.5-22.1% proficient or better in ISA Science. The school serves a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.51% to 90.69% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, Foreman High School's performance is significantly lower than the nearby Noble St Charter-ITW Speer Academy and Intrinsic Charter High School, which have higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and better academic performance. Foreman High School's performance is particularly low for female, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, who rank in the bottom 25-35% of Illinois high schools in their respective subgroups. Despite relatively high per-student spending, Foreman High School's performance has remained stagnant or declined over the past 10 years, with no significant improvements in key metrics, suggesting that factors beyond funding may be contributing to the school's challenges.

Detail:

Public 9-12

3235 N Leclaire Ave
Chicago, IL 60641-4290

(773) 534-3400

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
624^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,281

Feeder schools for Foreman High School:

Elementary:	Falconer Elementary School
	Hanson Park Elementary School
	Lloyd Elementary School
	Schubert Elementary School
Middle:	Northwest Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.2

Number of students: 648

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.3%

African American:

14.8%

White:

4.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Foreman High School ranks worse than 89.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 85^th among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.95. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Foreman High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Foreman High School has the largest high school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Foreman High School is $22,281. 75 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Foreman High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Foreman High School 624^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Foreman High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Foreman High School

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Rank History for all students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	1.09	564^th	586	3.8%
2004	1.10	571^st	592	3.5%
2005	1.19	566^th	590	4.1%
2006	1.91	570^th	596	4.4%
2007	2.03	592^nd	612	3.3%
2008	2.25	593^rd	624	5.0%
2009	3.79	584^th	632	7.6%
2010	2.49	614^th	643	4.5%
2011	4.65	607^th	655	7.3%
2012	5.95	606^th	665	8.9%
2013	4.88	614^th	670	8.4%
2014	7.54	603^rd	670	10.0%
2015	13.45	565^th	614	8.0%
2016	12.21	598^th	643	7.0%
2017	5.13	622^nd	642	3.1%
2018	7.54	611^th	647	5.6%
2019	8.83	641^st	701	8.6%
2021	11.09	628^th	688	8.7%
2022	15.36	589^th	699	15.7%
2023	10.90	628^th	699	10.2%
2024	12.95	624^th	697	10.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.53	73^rd	151	51.7%
2019	29.57	141^st	183	23.0%
2021	32.79	86^th	189	54.5%
2022	26.24	183^rd	205	10.7%
2023	27.82	186^th	217	14.3%
2024	28.56	158^th	248	36.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	37.83	234^th	473	50.5%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	24.16	357^th	476	25.0%
2024	26.98	333^rd	482	30.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.63	541^st	585	7.5%
2019	14.34	574^th	639	10.2%
2021	15.87	546^th	611	10.6%
2022	27.53	471^st	626	24.8%
2023	16.90	557^th	644	13.5%
2024	17.83	558^th	639	12.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.53	595^th	620	4.0%
2019	8.85	608^th	665	8.6%
2021	10.08	599^th	639	6.3%
2022	14.95	554^th	658	15.8%
2023	10.45	595^th	656	9.3%
2024	12.56	608^th	664	8.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	26.32	345^th	428	19.4%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.85	577^th	619	6.8%
2019	9.35	618^th	675	8.4%
2021	12.19	589^th	653	9.8%
2022	15.85	570^th	664	14.2%
2023	11.84	598^th	668	10.5%
2024	13.97	587^th	668	12.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.65	215^th	253	15.0%
2019	19.23	291^st	299	2.7%
2021	23.07	241^st	281	14.2%
2022	42.82	140^th	294	52.4%
2023	20.21	284^th	301	5.6%
2024	29.86	207^th	299	30.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Foreman High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.47	282^nd	291	3.1%
2019	12.65	296^th	317	6.6%
2021	14.03	302^nd	317	4.7%
2022	18.53	289^th	335	13.7%
2023	14.59	309^th	333	7.2%
2024	16.10	305^th	336	9.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Foreman High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	411	630	16	333	1	n/a	n/a	0	1391
1989	419	578	19	350	1	n/a	n/a	0	1367
1990	466	516	21	416	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1419
1991	512	428	21	416	7	n/a	n/a	0	1384
1992	551	457	22	503	1	n/a	n/a	0	1534
1993	593	463	31	638	0	n/a	n/a	0	1725
1994	691	427	28	743	1	n/a	n/a	0	1890
1995	668	453	36	869	5	n/a	n/a	0	2031
1996	668	453	36	869	5	n/a	n/a	0	2031
1997	546	362	32	890	0	n/a	n/a	0	1830
1998	437	297	25	896	1	n/a	n/a	0	1656
1999	400	214	24	868	1	n/a	n/a	0	1507
2000	376	153	16	955	0	n/a	n/a	0	1500
2001	409	145	15	1010	0	n/a	n/a	0	1579
2002	344	184	12	1122	0	n/a	n/a	0	1662
2003	344	184	12	1122	0	n/a	n/a	0	1662
2004	303	207	13	1269	2	n/a	n/a	0	1794
2005	248	233	15	1242	0	n/a	n/a	0	1738
2006	204	229	15	1255	2	n/a	n/a	33	1738
2007	193	334	23	1379	11	n/a	n/a	36	1976
2008	157	335	15	1400	3	n/a	n/a	38	1948
2009	130	365	13	1569	0	n/a	n/a	0	2077
2010	93	330	14	1493	1	n/a	n/a	0	1931
2011	93	297	7	1423	9	1	13	0	1843
2012	71	285	7	1302	6	2	13	0	1686
2013	55	247	7	1160	3	1	11	0	1484
2014	54	211	10	1093	5	2	5	0	1380
2015	57	202	10	957	4	2	6	0	1238
2016	31	177	8	800	4	1	4	0	1025
2017	28	167	9	631	3	1	2	0	841
2018	21	176	7	589	2	1	2	0	798
2019	17	160	4	555	3	0	1	0	740
2020	28	128	3	540	3	0	2	0	704
2021	34	130	3	564	4	0	3	0	738
2022	30	95	4	575	2	0	3	0	709
2023	29	96	5	514	1	1	2	0	648

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Foreman High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1391	82.4	16.8	n/a
1989	1367	82.4	16.5	n/a
1990	1419	83.4	17.0	n/a
1991	1384	84.4	16.3	n/a
1992	1534	84.2	18.2	n/a
1993	1725	91.0	19.0	n/a
1994	1890	87.0	21.7	n/a
1995	2031	100.2	20.3	n/a
1996	2031	100.2	20.3	n/a
1997	1830	103.0	17.8	n/a
1998	1656	103.6	16.0	n/a
1999	1507	95.6	15.8	n/a
2000	1500	94.6	15.9	n/a
2001	1579	114.2	13.8	n/a
2002	1662	118.0	14.1	69.9
2003	1662	118.0	14.1	69.9
2004	1794	118.0	15.2	76.8
2005	1738	135.5	12.8	74.1
2006	1738	140.6	12.4	74.7
2007	1976	107.0	18.5	53.4
2008	1948	115.0	16.9	72.6
2009	2077	127.5	16.3	75.6
2010	1931	115.0	16.7	94.5
2011	1843	110.0	16.7	94.8
2012	1686	109.0	15.4	92.8
2013	1484	122.5	12.1	85.5
2014	1380	97.5	14.1	95.3
2015	1238	88.0	14.0	96.6
2016	1025	76.0	13.4	94.8
2017	841	55.1	15.2	95.7
2018	798	43.9	18.1	95.9
2019	740	58.0	12.7	94.5
2020	704	59.0	11.9	93
2021	738	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	709	48.0	14.7	90.7
2023	648	49.0	13.2	89.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Foreman High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1391	82.4	16.8	n/a
1989	1367	82.4	16.5	n/a
1990	1419	83.4	17.0	n/a
1991	1384	84.4	16.3	n/a
1992	1534	84.2	18.2	n/a
1993	1725	91.0	19.0	n/a
1994	1890	87.0	21.7	n/a
1995	2031	100.2	20.3	n/a
1996	2031	100.2	20.3	n/a
1997	1830	103.0	17.8	n/a
1998	1656	103.6	16.0	n/a
1999	1507	95.6	15.8	n/a
2000	1500	94.6	15.9	n/a
2001	1579	114.2	13.8	n/a
2002	1662	118.0	14.1	69.9
2003	1662	118.0	14.1	69.9
2004	1794	118.0	15.2	76.8
2005	1738	135.5	12.8	74.1
2006	1738	140.6	12.4	74.7
2007	1976	107.0	18.5	53.4
2008	1948	115.0	16.9	72.6
2009	2077	127.5	16.3	75.6
2010	1931	115.0	16.7	94.5
2011	1843	110.0	16.7	94.8
2012	1686	109.0	15.4	92.8
2013	1484	122.5	12.1	85.5
2014	1380	97.5	14.1	95.3
2015	1238	88.0	14.0	96.6
2016	1025	76.0	13.4	94.8
2017	841	55.1	15.2	95.7
2018	798	43.9	18.1	95.9
2019	740	58.0	12.7	94.5
2020	704	59.0	11.9	93
2021	738	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	709	48.0	14.7	90.7
2023	648	49.0	13.2	89.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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