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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006524
Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School
2050 N Natchez Ave, Chicago, IL 60707 · (312) 455-5425 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
376 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
20%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
30.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.1% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.1% | 8.3% |
% 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
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Roberto Clemente Elementary School
Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School this school | 461 | 81.6% | 19.3% |
| Ronald D O Neal Elgin | 445 | 80.4% | 23.1% |
| Channing Memorial Elementary School Elgin | 491 | 83.5% | 15.7% |
| LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr Waukegan | 519 | 83.8% | 45.6% |
| Liberty Elementary School Cicero | 453 | 78.6% | 33.8% |
| Christopher House Chrt Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 78.7% | 19.6% |
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 Roberto Clemente Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,629 of 1,925 | #582 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,829 of 2,077 ▼ 121 | #665 of 829 ▼ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,664 of 2,077 ▲ 89 | #605 of 829 ▲ 71 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #704 of 2,419 | #329 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,925 of 2,035 | #782 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #1,634 of 2,042 | #614 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #478 of 2,132 | #330 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #622 of 1,461 | #340 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
461
-69 (-13%) 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 | 461 | 25.5 | 18.1:1 | 82% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 84% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 530 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 25.5 | 21.5:1 | 92% (506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (548 to 461); teachers unchanged (25.5 to 25.5).
About Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School
Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, according to federal school records. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 461 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (622 schools, 324,396 students) runs Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School is 89% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 9% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 62 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
On staff are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 4.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 82%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School's results are 5.1 points below predicted: 19.3% against 24.4%.
In 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's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School is Burbank Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 19.3% is below the 31.4% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente 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 Roberto Clemente Elementary School is a publicly funded charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 461, from 530 in 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
- Burbank Elementary School0.3 mi · 691
- Lovett Elementary School0.4 mi · 342
- Belmont-Cragin Elementary School0.6 mi · 518
- Sayre Elementary Language Academy0.6 mi · 377
- CICS - West Belden Campus0.7 mi · 520
- William Hatch Elementary School0.9 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School?
Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School serve?
Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School?
At Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 9% Black.
What district is Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School in?
Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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