Minnie Minoso Academy

Located at 3527 S Wallace St, in Chicago, Illinois, Minnie Minoso Academy is a low-enrollment primary school that serves 304 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Minnie Minoso Academy sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Minnie Minoso Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Minnie Minoso Academy shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 13% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Minnie Minoso Academy lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Minnie Minoso Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Minnie Minoso Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.7%; this one delivers 28.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Minnie Minoso Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Air Force Acad High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Minnie Minoso Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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