Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000952
Minnie Minoso Academy
3527 S Wallace St, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 535-1732 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
273 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
67%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Minnie Minoso Academy→Tilden Career Communty Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
41.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
14.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 14.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 11.5% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Minnie Minoso Academy
Minnie Minoso Academy's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnie Minoso Academy this school | 304 | 89.8% | 28.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Rock Island | 262 | 84.7% | 13.8% |
| McCutcheon Elementary School Chicago | 326 | 85.6% | 22.6% |
| Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center Chicago | 266 | 92.9% | 18.2% |
| Gale Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 345 | 82.6% | 9.0% |
| Lewis Lemon Elementary Rockford | 378 | 91.8% | 5.6% |
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 Minnie Minoso Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,327 of 1,925 | #427 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,741 of 2,077 ▼ 187 | #613 of 829 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,289 of 2,077 ▼ 95 | #434 of 829 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #1,515 of 2,419 | #628 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #209 of 2,035 | #125 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #255 of 2,042 | #105 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #282 of 2,132 | #203 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #910 of 1,461 | #462 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
304
0 (0%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 352
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 | 304 | 28.8 | 10.6:1 | 90% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 25.5 | 12.3:1 | 91% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 27 | 11.1:1 | 86% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 19.7 | 17.2:1 | 88% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | 92% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 92% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 20 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 18 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minnie Minoso Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (338 to 304); teachers up 46% (19.7 to 28.8).
About Minnie Minoso Academy
Minnie Minoso Academy is a low-enrollment elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Chicago. It educates 304 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, operates 622 schools serving 324,396 students.
Black students form the largest group at Minnie Minoso Academy, 45% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 13% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. Minnie Minoso Academy has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Minnie Minoso Academy in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 90%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 19.7%.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The next-closest public school is Air Force Academy High School, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Minnie Minoso Academy. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Minnie Minoso Academy is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Minnie Minoso Academy as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 304 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 304.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Air Force Academy High School0.4 mi · 131
- Armour Elementary School0.5 mi · 255
- Healy Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,194
- Perspectives Chtr - IIT Campus0.9 mi · 413
- Holden Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
- Ward J Elementary School1.0 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Minnie Minoso AcademyHow many students attend Minnie Minoso Academy?
Minnie Minoso Academy enrolls approximately 304 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Minnie Minoso Academy serve?
Minnie Minoso Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Minnie Minoso Academy?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Minnie Minoso Academy.
How diverse is Minnie Minoso Academy?
Minnie Minoso Academy reports a student body of 13% White, 32% Hispanic, 45% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Minnie Minoso Academy in?
Minnie Minoso Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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