IllinoisSchoolsForreston Grade School

Forreston Grade School

PublicRegular
Forreston, Illinois · Forrestville Valley CUSD 221
Teachers19.0FTE
Ratio13.3:1students per teacher
Students252enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students252
Grade Span1–5
Student:Teacher13.3:1
Free/Reduced Lunch52%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
11.3:1
(2024)
15.0%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
21
(2024)
11%vs prior yr
Enrollment
238
(2024)
5.6%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselor : Pupils
ASCA max 1:250
Nurse : Pupils
NASN max 1:750
Psychologist : Pupils
NASP max 1:500
Social Worker : Pupils
SSWAA max 1:250

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

11.0:111.9:112.9:113.8:114.8:115.7:12020202120222023202412.5:112.2:113.3:111.3:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1Forreston Grade SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

2362392432462502531919202021212020202120222023202424423724425223819201921EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment244237244252238
Teacher FTE19201921
Pupil : Teacher ratio12.5:112.2:113.3:111.3:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.