Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk

Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk, an average-sized multi-level school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk, serves 873 students, covering grades K through 12.

Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk is a school of Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk shows that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.0:1, putting Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 47.9%, a residual of +22.8 points.

Around the school, Cook County reports that 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), Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Thomas Early Childhood Center, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.8%.

Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 790 students in 2018 compared to 873 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 4% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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