Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006448
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las
1641 W 16th St, Chicago, IL 60608 · (312) 432-3224 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
199 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
24.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.9% | 4.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las this school | 225 | 88.4% | 16.1% |
| Acero Chtr - Esmera Santiago Cmps Chicago | 224 | 88.8% | 28.0% |
| Telpochcalli Elementary School Chicago | 209 | 87.1% | 23.1% |
| DePue Elementary School DePue | 232 | 89.2% | 14.3% |
| Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elementary School Chicago | 266 | 90.6% | 38.4% |
| Whittier Elementary School Chicago | 221 | 93.7% | 13.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,727 of 1,925 | #645 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,940 of 2,077 ▼ 41 | #733 of 829 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,841 of 2,077 ▼ 266 | #716 of 829 ▼ 135 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #1,947 of 2,419 | #789 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #973 of 2,035 | #447 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #1,939 of 2,042 | #753 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #325 of 2,132 | #232 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #470 of 1,461 | #273 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
225
-33 (-13%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 88% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 14 | 15.9:1 | 92% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 19 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 258 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 13 | 21.5:1 | 94% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (279 to 225); teachers up 31% (13 to 17).
About Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is a small elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 225 students in kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 41% smaller than average.
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
Most students at Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las are Hispanic: 96% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% Black. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.2:1, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is 88%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las scores 16.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 20.4%.
Cook County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las ranks 8th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las had 258 students in 2020-21 and 225 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
The Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
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- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
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- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy0.2 mi · 428
- Pilsen Elementary Community Academy0.3 mi · 217
- Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences0.4 mi · 280
- Juarez Community Academy High School0.5 mi · 1,585
- Chicago Technology Academy High School0.5 mi · 315
- Perez Elementary School0.6 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Acero Chtr - Bartolome de lasWhat is the total enrollment at Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las?
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las enrolls approximately 225 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las serve?
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las have?
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las?
Student demographics at Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las in?
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.