Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem

Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem is an average-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school hosts 508 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem logs that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 - Officer Marquez Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Noble St Chtr - Mansueto, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.3%.

Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem operates from an urban location. As a public charter, Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem has edged down 12%, going from 576 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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