Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem is an intimate primary school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It enrolls 266 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 19.2%; this one delivers 38.4%, a residual of +19.2 points.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Nightingale Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem operates from an inner-city location. Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elem's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 266). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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