Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria

Located at 5025 S St Louis Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria is an intimate secondary school that works with 561 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 834.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% 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 above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Sch Netwrk- Victoria is one campus in the mix.

Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Acero Chtr Sch Netwrk- Victoria is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 551 students in 2018 compared to 561 in 2025.

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