Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las

Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is a low-enrollment elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school enrolls 225 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las shows that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Cooper Elem Dual Language Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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