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Acero Charter School Network- Sandra Cisneros Elementary School

Public, Charter Grades K-8

Summary

Acero Charter School Network–Sandra Cisneros Elementary School serves 326 students in grades K–8 in Chicago, within Chicago Public Schools District 299. Its 2025–2026 proficiency results were below district and state levels in both English language arts (ELA) and math: 31% in ELA and 12% in math. The central concern is that proficiency remains low across subjects, with 8th-grade science especially weak compared with nearby schools.

Among nearby K–8 and PK–8 schools, Sandra Cisneros ranked fifth of nine in ELA and fourth of nine in math. Its 31% ELA proficiency was below the nearby-school average of 38%, while its 12% in math was below the peer average of 21%. Against district and state results, ELA was lower by 15 and 25 percentage points, and math by 17 and 27 points. Science stands out as the weakest nearby comparison: its 24% 8th-grade result was the lowest among eight schools with reported results, and below district and state rates by 17 and 28 points. Chronic absenteeism was 32%, higher than the state’s 24% but lower than the district’s 39%; only two nearby schools had higher reported rates.

Results have improved recently, but the school still trails the state. ELA rose from 17% in 2023–2024 to 31% in 2025–2026, a 14-point gain; math rose from 10% to 12% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 10th statewide percentile with zero stars in 2024–2025, up from the 3rd percentile the year before but still 12 percentile points below its 2020–2021 standing. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 12.3, around the middle of nearby schools. In 2024–2025, 90% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, slightly above the nearby-school average of 88%; these are context measures, not explanations for results. Some grade-level scores are state-suppressed, and small cohorts may make individual results less stable.

326

Students ?

12.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,416

Per pupil spending ?

90.2%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

97.8%

Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)

2744 W Pershing Rd
Chicago, IL 60632-1631

(773) 376-8830

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.9%

White:

1.5%

African American:

0.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 22nd percentile in 2019 → 10th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (22% vs 49% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 24% Illinois)

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school22%

District avg38%

Illinois avg49%

996^th of 1,126

Illinois public middle schools ?

Bottom 12%▼ down 16 pts since 2019

From bottom 28% (2019) to bottom 12% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

568^th of 738Chicago Public Schools District 299 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	12.5	1858 of 2056	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	2009 of 2067	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	1810 of 2077	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	1663 of 2082	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.6	1524 of 1948	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	1628 of 2086	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2023	21.5	832 of 907	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	632 of 788	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	763 of 826	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.7	579 of 788	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.0	720 of 768	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.4	486 of 537	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	40.1	448 of 743	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	1722 of 1942	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	1904 of 1942	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	1719 of 1957	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	1421 of 1970	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	1278 of 1680	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.5	1454 of 2019	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	16.6	902 of 982	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	941 of 959	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.6	864 of 970	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	764 of 954	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.0	522 of 742	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	731 of 955	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	17.9	1618 of 1800	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	1732 of 1793	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	1400 of 1808	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.8	1201 of 1763	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.8	938 of 1514	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.3	1207 of 1816	33.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	1789 of 1947	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	1845 of 1959	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	1692 of 1984	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	1804 of 1977	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.7	1469 of 1707	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.0	1705 of 2019	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2024	21.3	1040 of 1195	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.7	874 of 1156	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.5	764 of 1113	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	13.3	996 of 1126	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.0	1171 of 1368	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	1051 of 1363	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	1046 of 1367	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	1050 of 1369	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.0	749 of 1241	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.1	981 of 1356	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	466 of 483	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	29.0	395 of 486	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.2	353 of 480	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.8	446 of 454	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	37.2	187 of 277	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.1	302 of 339	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	15.0	1094 of 1248	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	947 of 1251	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	928 of 1275	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.0	879 of 1286	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.0	634 of 1017	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.6	988 of 1276	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	21.3	398 of 483	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.0	589 of 669	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	506 of 643	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	517 of 661	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	544 of 662	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.5	278 of 517	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.9	479 of 639	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	24.2	632 of 788	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.4	979 of 1229	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.3	832 of 1219	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.8	791 of 1234	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.1	840 of 1221	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.2	390 of 1019	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.2	736 of 1217	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	1022 of 1271	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	992 of 1264	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	1059 of 1292	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	1097 of 1286	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.7	737 of 1048	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.7	873 of 1296	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2024	23.6	669 of 802	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.7	510 of 805	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.3	296 of 781	62.1%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2025)20th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2024)13th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Disabled (2023)8th percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)20th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)20th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)18th percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2024)17th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts31%-25 vs state

Science24%-26 vs state

Mathematics12%-27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Acero Charter School Network- Sandra Cisneros Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	2744 W Pershing Rd	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 376-8830	326	27	12.3	90.2%	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	319 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		23.9			41.4	45.9	34.5		31.0							12.4	97.8%		$13,416	$1,272	$12,143
Brighton Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3825 S Washtenaw Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7237	298	26	11.4	90.6%	13 (4.4%)	3 (1.0%)	276 (92.6%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.3	1579^th of 1737 public elementary schools	9.1%		15.3	1778^th of 2056 public elementary schools	13.5%	199	29.3		29.4		31.7		37.0	69.2	33.5							10.7	95.7%		$25,256	$2,610	$22,647
Davis N Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3014 W 39th Pl	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-4540	540	38	14.3	87.6%	19 (3.5%)	15 (2.8%)	502 (93.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		28.3						24.1	16.4	23.4					30.2	15.4	99.4%		$22,033	$2,162	$19,871
Burroughs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3542 S Washtenaw Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7226	303	29	10.4	92.4%	9 (3.0%)	11 (3.6%)	276 (91.1%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36.8	1062^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	38.9%		45.2	1104^th of 2056 public elementary schools	46.3%	42		68.8		36.7	50.0	65.9	72.2	87.5	59.7		33.3		41.5	36.1	41.9	35.8	98.2%		$26,581	$1,917	$24,664
Shields Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	4250 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7285	439	36	12.1	93.8%	12 (2.7%)	3 (0.7%)	420 (95.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12.3	1556^th of 1737 public elementary schools	10.4%		17.6	1726^th of 2056 public elementary schools	16.1%	170			29.6	28.8					29.2	35.2						24.6	98.2%		$24,462	$1,308	$23,154
Acero Charter School Network - Brighton Park Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	4420 S Fairfield Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(312) 455-5434	465	31	15.2	93.1%	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	457 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.7	1709^th of 1737 public elementary schools	1.6%		10.5	1927^th of 2056 public elementary schools	6.3%	218	24.1	27.6		23.1	20.7	27.3	18.2	46.6	25.0					18.2		11.6	97.2%		$13,063	$891	$12,171
Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	4420 S Sacramento Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7215	658	49	13.4	86.0%	15 (2.3%)	11 (1.7%)	619 (94.1%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	28	1215^th of 1737 public elementary schools	30.1%		37.7	1260^th of 2056 public elementary schools	38.7%	45	39.4	45.3	44.4	39.5	50.0	45.0	31.0	66.7	46.2	38.9	38.2	36.6	28.8	21.1	29.3	31.9	99%		$19,043	$991	$18,052
Calmeca Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3456 W 38th St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7000	605	43	14.2	82.6%	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.7%)	589 (97.4%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8.2	1638^th of 1737 public elementary schools	5.7%		12.4	1861^st of 2056 public elementary schools	9.5%	223	28.3	25.3		24.6	18.3	41.3	57.4	49.3	34.6	19.6			17.5	27.8	22.7	16.5	99%		$21,849	$1,467	$20,382
Everett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3419 S Bell Ave	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-4550	89	15	6.1	76.4%	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.2%)	76 (85.4%)	7 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)								(n/a)									64.1							51.3	94.3%		$39,510	$2,100	$37,410
Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	4520 S Kedzie Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-4050	718	54	13.4	86.2%	9 (1.3%)	6 (0.8%)	695 (96.8%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	38.2	1046^th of 1737 public elementary schools	39.8%		44.7	1114^th of 2056 public elementary schools	45.8%	68	35.1	61.7	60.7	55.3	52.6	63.5	72.3	78.3	63.6	55.9	36.0	17.5	27.0	53.8	46.7	39.2	98.7%		$21,453	$1,601	$19,852

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What is the racial makeup of Acero Charter School Network- Sandra Cisneros Elementary School?

Students at Acero Charter School Network- Sandra Cisneros Elementary School are 98% Hispanic, 2% White.

How many students attend Acero Charter School Network- Sandra Cisneros Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 326 students attended Acero Charter School Network- Sandra Cisneros Elementary School.

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Chicago Public Schools District 299

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