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Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006481
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School
2845 W Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 279-9826 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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
13.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
322 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 19 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
1%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
25.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.1% | 11.3% |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School this school | 370 | 87.0% | 18.2% |
| Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School Chicago | 404 | 87.4% | N/A |
| Golfview Elementary School Carpentersville | 401 | 86.8% | 26.5% |
| Meadowdale Elementary School Carpentersville | 421 | 88.6% | 21.3% |
| Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elementary School Chicago | 326 | 90.2% | 17.8% |
| T Roosevelt Elementary School Cicero | 450 | 88.9% | 23.7% |
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 - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,665 of 1,925 | #604 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,747 of 2,077 ▼ 185 | #616 of 829 ▼ 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,786 of 2,077 ▲ 2 | #684 of 829 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #1,148 of 2,419 | #475 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #883 of 2,035 | #414 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #2,040 of 2,042 | #818 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #359 of 2,132 | #255 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #128 of 1,461 | #84 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
370
-95 (-20%) 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 | 370 | 28.5 | 13.0:1 | 87% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 88% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 465 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 92% (505) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (551 to 370); teachers up 2% (28 to 28.5).
About Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School
Students in Chicago, Illinois, attend Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 370 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8.
The Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 system has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
By race and ethnicity, Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School is 99% Hispanic. The school's Hispanic share is 73 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 0.9 more students per teacher than here. Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 87%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Illinois public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.2%; the prediction is 21.3%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Linne Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School is a public charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 370, compared with 465 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- 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
- Linne Elementary School0.2 mi · 687
- Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy0.5 mi · 763
- Avondale - Logandale Elementary School0.5 mi · 459
- Lane Technical High School0.7 mi · 4,604
- Aspira Charter - Bus and Fin1.0 mi · 426
- Alcott College Prep1.0 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary SchoolHow large is Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School?
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-08.
Is Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School have?
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School?
Student demographics at Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School are roughly 99% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School?
Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.