Kerkstra Elem School
Public · Grades 1–5 · 407 students
Ridge Early Childhood Center
5151 149th St, Oak Forest, IL 60452
Grades
Pre-K–K
Elementary
Students
245
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
18.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Forest Ridge SD 142
Cook County
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About Ridge Early Childhood Center
Ridge Early Childhood Center is a public elementary school in Oak Forest, Illinois, serving grades Pre-K–K. It is part of Forest Ridge SD 142. The school is located in a large suburb in Cook County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 245 students were enrolled, with about 18.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Illinois elementary school (12.7 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–K
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–K
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 245 students
- Students per teacher
- 18.8 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Forest Ridge SD 142
- County
- Cook County
- NCES school ID
- 171548001865
Schools near Ridge Early Childhood Center
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.