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:
624th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $22,281 Help


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 Help
Number of students:  648

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
79.3%
African American:
14.8%
White:
4.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Foreman High School ranks worse than 89.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 85th among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.95. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Foreman High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details Foreman High School has the largest high school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.  (See more...)
Finance
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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 624th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Foreman High School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688th 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2003 1.09 564th 586 3.8%
2004 1.10 571st 592 3.5%
2005 1.19 566th 590 4.1%
2006 1.91 570th 596 4.4%
2007 2.03 592nd 612 3.3%
2008 2.25 593rd 624 5.0%
2009 3.79 584th 632 7.6%
2010 2.49 614th 643 4.5%
2011 4.65 607th 655 7.3%
2012 5.95 606th 665 8.9%
2013 4.88 614th 670 8.4%
2014 7.54 603rd 670 10.0%
2015 13.45 565th 614 8.0%
2016 12.21 598th 643 7.0%
2017 5.13 622nd 642 3.1%
2018 7.54 611th 647 5.6%
2019 8.83 641st 701 8.6%
2021 11.09 628th 688 8.7%
2022 15.36 589th 699 15.7%
2023 10.90 628th 699 10.2%
2024 12.95 624th 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.53 73rd 151 51.7%
2019 29.57 141st 183 23.0%
2021 32.79 86th 189 54.5%
2022 26.24 183rd 205 10.7%
2023 27.82 186th 217 14.3%
2024 28.56 158th 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.23 248th 374 33.7%
2019 37.83 234th 473 50.5%
2021 29.28 270th 453 40.4%
2022 31.21 286th 493 42.0%
2023 24.16 357th 476 25.0%
2024 26.98 333rd 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.63 541st 585 7.5%
2019 14.34 574th 639 10.2%
2021 15.87 546th 611 10.6%
2022 27.53 471st 626 24.8%
2023 16.90 557th 644 13.5%
2024 17.83 558th 639 12.7%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Foreman High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.53 595th 620 4.0%
2019 8.85 608th 665 8.6%
2021 10.08 599th 639 6.3%
2022 14.95 554th 658 15.8%
2023 10.45 595th 656 9.3%
2024 12.56 608th 664 8.4%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Female Students!

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 345th 428 19.4%
2024 27.00 261st 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.85 577th 619 6.8%
2019 9.35 618th 675 8.4%
2021 12.19 589th 653 9.8%
2022 15.85 570th 664 14.2%
2023 11.84 598th 668 10.5%
2024 13.97 587th 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.65 215th 253 15.0%
2019 19.23 291st 299 2.7%
2021 23.07 241st 281 14.2%
2022 42.82 140th 294 52.4%
2023 20.21 284th 301 5.6%
2024 29.86 207th 299 30.8%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Foreman High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.47 282nd 291 3.1%
2019 12.65 296th 317 6.6%
2021 14.03 302nd 317 4.7%
2022 18.53 289th 335 13.7%
2023 14.59 309th 333 7.2%
2024 16.10 305th 336 9.2%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Hispanic Students!

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.

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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.

Immunization Rates

Foreman High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201598.7%99.2%99.1%99.0%98.9%95.0%98.5%
201698.7%99.6%99.5%99.5%98.8%97.1%18.8%
201797.6%98.0%98.0%98.0%97.4%94.8%96.2%19.7%
201898.5%98.1%98.1%97.9%98.1%97.9%98.2%24.0%
201997.8%98.1%98.1%98.0%98.4%98.1%97.0%43.9%
202478.7%85.7%85.7%85.7%82.3%83.9%80.8%81.2%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Foreman High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,318 (8.5%) $14,249 (91.5%) $15,566
2020 $1,753 (10.6%) $14,802 (89.4%) $16,556
2021 $3,414 (18.7%) $14,815 (81.3%) $18,229
2022 $3,414 (18.7%) $14,815 (81.3%) $18,229
2023 $3,888 (18.3%) $17,410 (81.7%) $21,298
2024 $3,833 (17.2%) $18,448 (82.8%) $22,281

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Foreman High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 641st of 701 High schoolsRanks 628th of 699 High schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Foreman High School)2.53
 0.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.719.1
 7.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Foreman High School)3.93.7
 0.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.322.3
 4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Foreman High School)4.610.5
 5.9%
   End of Course Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)19.931.1
 11.2%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students740648
 12.4%
African American16096
 40%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian45
 25%
Hispanic555514
 7.4%
Pacific Islander01
White1729
 70.6%
Two or More Races12
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients94.5%89.5%
 5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Foreman High School

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

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 ranks in the bottom 10.5% of Illinois high schools.

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


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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