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Schools in Forest City

Forest City’s public schools

Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Forest City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
23%
2020–21
Math proficiency
19%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▼ 27% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
848 students on the public path
In brief

Forest City’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Forest City’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Midwest Central Middle School places highest (better than 60%); Midwest Central High School lowest (19%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Forest City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Midwest Central Primary Schoolin ManitoC+
6–8Midwest Central Middle Schoolin Green ValleyB
9–12Midwest Central High Schoolin ManitoC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 848 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,707IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading23%
State average 29.9% · 418 students tested
Math19%
State average 25.8% · 431 students tested

Forest City vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Forest City’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Forest City—Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191

Every school in Forest City

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Forest Cityin other towns
Midwest Central Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Manito
C+
430 students11:1Rate it →
Midwest Central Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Green Valley
B
183 students12:1Rate it →
Midwest Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Manito
C−
235 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Forest City’s schools

Are Forest City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Forest City. Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Forest City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Forest City in?

Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191.

Where do Forest City kids go to high school?

Midwest Central High School.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.