Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001128
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center
8344 S Commercial Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6694 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
280 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
44%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 14.7% | 4.4% |
% 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center this school | 315 | 88.9% | 18.7% |
| McNair Elementary School Chicago | 328 | 89.3% | 13.9% |
| Ward L Elementary School Chicago | 279 | 91.8% | 9.0% |
| Markham Park Elementary School Markham | 292 | 93.5% | 13.7% |
| Talala Elementary School Park Forest | 305 | 85.2% | 13.4% |
| Lovett Elementary School Chicago | 342 | 83.3% | 32.7% |
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 Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,643 of 1,925 | #591 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #1,875 of 2,077 ▲ 17 | #693 of 829 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #1,717 of 2,077 ▲ 53 | #637 of 829 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,452 of 2,419 | #603 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #334 of 2,035 | #182 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #1,048 of 2,042 | #388 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #307 of 2,132 | #219 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #647 of 1,461 | #351 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
315
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 736
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 | 315 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 89% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 24.5 | 11.3:1 | 78% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 93% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 17.3 | 21.5:1 | 98% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 97% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 98% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 41 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 38 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (372 to 315); teachers up 62% (17.3 to 28).
About Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center is one of the public schools in Chicago, Illinois. It is a small elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 315 students.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
Black students are 68% of those enrolled at Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 46 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. The diversity index for Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center reports a ratio of 11.3 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Lunch program data show 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 23 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 Grade, Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Illinois public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center is 1.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.7%. Predicted: 20.2%.
Census data for Cook County show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EPIC Academy High School, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment was 315 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 299.
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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
- EPIC Academy High School0.2 mi · 255
- Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School0.4 mi · 538
- Sullivan Elementary School0.5 mi · 439
- Coles Elementary Language Academy0.7 mi · 286
- Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus0.7 mi · 285
- Bowen High School0.7 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic CenterHow many students attend Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center?
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center serve?
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center have?
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center?
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center reports a student body of 1% White, 30% Hispanic, 68% Black.
Is Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center public or private?
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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