Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem

Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 461 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem is among them.

Demographically, Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem shows that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 9% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 19.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Burbank Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elem has decreased 16%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 3% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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