Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem

Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 326 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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. Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Brighton Park Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.3%.

Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem has ticked down 39%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.