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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006444
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School
4248 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60632 · (773) 579-3470 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
459 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 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 42% smaller than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
6%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
39.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
17.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 10.4% |
% 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
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School this school | 532 | 86.3% | 26.5% |
| Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar Chicago | 528 | 88.4% | 28.6% |
| Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress Chicago | 528 | 88.4% | 18.0% |
| Davis N Elementary School Chicago | 540 | 87.6% | 10.6% |
| Lakewood School Carpentersville | 590 | 86.9% | 20.9% |
| Ruiz Elementary School Chicago | 467 | 86.5% | 25.1% |
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 - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,398 of 1,925 | #456 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,671 of 2,077 ▼ 77 | #570 of 829 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,352 of 2,077 ▲ 63 | #463 of 829 ▲ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #426 of 2,419 | #215 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,809 of 2,035 | #748 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #1,969 of 2,042 | #771 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #378 of 2,132 | #271 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #664 of 1,461 | #358 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
532
-52 (-9%) 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 | 532 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 86% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 83% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 32.5 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 584 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 89% (556) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (625 to 532); teachers unchanged (32 to 32).
About Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Illinois, located in Chicago. The latest federal count shows 532 students in kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 40% larger than average.
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School is one of 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 97% of enrollment at Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School. The next largest groups are 2% White. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 32 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.6:1. This ratio sits 2.7 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.5%, compared with a predicted 21.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The closest other public school is Acero Chtr Netrk - Major Garcia, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment declined 9% from its 2020-21 level of 584.
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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
- Acero Chtr Netrk - Major Garcia0.0 mi · 666
- Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress0.0 mi · 528
- Edwards Elementary School0.3 mi · 1,209
- YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership0.6 mi · 100
- Curie Metropolitan High School0.6 mi · 3,099
- Hearst Elementary School0.8 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School?
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School serve?
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School?
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School in?
Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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