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How has Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elem Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006474
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School
4420 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (312) 455-5434 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
433 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 58% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
3%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
13.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 7.4% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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-Brighton Park Elementary School
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School this school | 465 | 93.1% | 19.6% |
| Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 93.1% | 19.6% |
| Shields Elementary School Chicago | 439 | 93.8% | 21.9% |
| Hedges Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 95.6% | 17.0% |
| Zapata Elementary Academy Chicago | 524 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| McCormick Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 96.6% | 18.3% |
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-Brighton Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,622 of 1,925 | #575 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,794 of 2,077 ▼ 45 | #643 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #1,686 of 2,077 ▼ 233 | #619 of 829 ▼ 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #687 of 2,419 | #322 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,592 of 2,035 | #682 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #2,026 of 2,042 | #811 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #204 of 2,132 | #148 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #516 of 1,461 | #300 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
465
-97 (-17%) 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 | 465 | 30.5 | 15.3:1 | 93% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 85% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 562 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 95% (544) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (570 to 465); teachers up 9% (28 to 30.5).
About Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Chicago, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 465 students in kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 22% above average.
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School is 98%. The school's Hispanic share is 71 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
Its staff includes 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 93%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School would be expected to post about 17.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.6%.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School from the closest public school, Shields Elementary School. The five-mile area around Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 19.6% against a local average of 25.7%.
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School is a public charter school.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 562 (2020-21) to 465 (2024-25).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Shields Elementary School0.3 mi · 439
- Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy0.3 mi · 658
- Thomas Kelly College Preparatory0.3 mi · 1,762
- Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elementary School0.4 mi · 508
- Noble St Chtr - Mansueto0.4 mi · 1,106
- Shields Middle School0.5 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School?
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School serve?
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School have?
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School in?
Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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