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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006505
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar
5050 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (312) 455-5450 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
18.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
467 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 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 17% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
4%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
39.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 7.3% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Network - Jovita Idar
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar this school | 528 | 88.4% | 28.6% |
| Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress Chicago | 528 | 88.4% | 18.0% |
| Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School Chicago | 532 | 86.3% | 26.5% |
| Columbus West Elementary School Cicero | 534 | 90.4% | 28.1% |
| Zapata Elementary Academy Chicago | 524 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| Davis N Elementary School Chicago | 540 | 87.6% | 10.6% |
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 Network - Jovita Idar ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,321 of 1,925 | #424 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,650 of 2,077 ▲ 100 | #559 of 829 ▲ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,353 of 2,077 ▲ 34 | #464 of 829 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #439 of 2,419 | #219 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,948 of 2,035 | #786 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #2,023 of 2,042 | #808 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #323 of 2,132 | #230 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #1,055 of 1,461 | #514 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
528
-20 (-4%) 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 | 528 | 28.5 | 18.5:1 | 88% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 91% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 26 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 548 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 25.1 | 22.8:1 | 93% (531) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (571 to 528); teachers up 14% (25.1 to 28.5).
About Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar is a medium-sized elementary school found in Chicago, Illinois. Enrolled students number 528 students, in kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 39% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Most students at Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar are Hispanic: 98% of enrollment. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar comes in at 4%.
The school reported 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.6% and a predicted 20.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Acero Chtr School Netwrk- Victoria is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar is ahead of the 26.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. As a charter school, Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
The student count in 2024-25 was 528, 4% below the 548 of 2020-21.
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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
- Acero Chtr School Netwrk- Victoria0.1 mi · 561
- Sawyer Elementary School0.3 mi · 885
- Solorio Academy High School0.4 mi · 1,287
- Hernandez Middle School0.5 mi · 720
- Sandoval Elementary School0.6 mi · 736
- Curie Metropolitan High School0.7 mi · 3,099
Frequently asked questions
About Acero Chtr Network - Jovita IdarHow many students attend Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar?
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar serve?
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar have?
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
How diverse is Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar?
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar?
Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar 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.