Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress

Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serveing 528 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 381.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.4%, the actual is 18.0%, a residual of -2.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress is one.

The closest other public school is Acero Chtr Netrk - Major Garcia, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 16.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 528). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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