Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr

As an intimate elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr caters to 315 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr lists that Black students make up the majority at 68%; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.2%; this one delivers 18.7%.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr is one.

EPIC Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 16.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr has shrank 15%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 85% to 68%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.