Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la is a low-enrollment K-12 campus, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It caters to 432 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 737.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la reports that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 42% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.0:1, putting Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jordan Elem Community School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la operates from a downtown location. Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la's enrollment has shrank 37% since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 432). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 68% to 42%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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