Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr

As a mid-tier all-grades campus in Chicago, Illinois, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr hosts 712 students from grades K through 12, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%; the rest looks like 21% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.0%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carson Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr has stayed largely flat, going from 723 students in 2018 to 712 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 30% to 21% over that span.

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