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Acero Charter School Network - Officer Donald J Marquez Elementary

Public, Charter Grades K-8

1690^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Acero Charter School Network - Officer Donald J Marquez Elementary is a K–8 school in Chicago’s Chicago Public Schools District 299, serving 508 students in an area with 10 nearby schools used for comparison. In 2025–2026, 27% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) and 10% in Math. The most important finding is that Math proficiency was the lowest among the nearby schools, as well as far below district and state results.

ELA is the school’s stronger subject, but its results were still below nearby, district and state comparisons. Its 27% ELA proficiency ranked eighth of 11 nearby schools and was below their 36% average; the district was at 46% and the state at 56%. Math ranked last of 11: the school’s 10% was below the nearby average of 22%, the district’s 29% and the state’s 40%. Attendance is another concern: chronic absenteeism was 33% in 2025–2026, up 5 percentage points from the prior year. That was below the district’s 39%, but above the state’s 24% and the second-highest reported rate among nearby schools.

Recent gains have not closed the academic gaps. From 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 7 percentage points, while the state gained 15 points; Math rose 2 points overall but fell 6 points after reaching 16% in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s standing also fell, from the 15th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 3rd percentile and 0 stars in 2025–2026. Contextually, the student-teacher ratio was 14.1 in 2024–2025, close to the nearby average of 13.9; 93% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with a nearby average of 91%. A notable SchoolDigger group result is the sharp decline for Disabled Students: the group’s statewide percentile fell from 44 in 2022–2023 to 2 in 2024–2025, while the overall percentile was 5 in 2024–2025. This is a marked drop in SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves this group.

508

Students ?

14.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,285

Per pupil spending ?

93.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

97.8%

Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)

2916 W 47th St
Chicago, IL 60632-1907

(773) 321-2200

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.8%

African American:

0.8%

White:

0.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2019 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

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

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 24% Illinois)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school22%

District avg38%

Illinois avg49%

Elementary school

1,690^th of 1,737

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 16 pts since 2019

From bottom 19% (2019) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,047^th of 1,126

Illinois public middle schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 31 pts since 2019

From bottom 38% (2019) to bottom 7% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

269^th of 280Elementary Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299

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
2026	5.5	1690 of 1737	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.6	1956 of 2056	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	1856 of 2067	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	1765 of 2077	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.0	1605 of 2082	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	1575 of 1948	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	1688 of 2086	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	1028 of 1049	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	626 of 886	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.2	506 of 907	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	20.7	727 of 788	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.1	768 of 826	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	749 of 788	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	717 of 768	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.8	481 of 537	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.7	533 of 743	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	8.9	1871 of 1942	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	1632 of 1942	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	1560 of 1957	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	1472 of 1970	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	1489 of 1680	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	1711 of 2019	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	9.7	517 of 536	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.2	950 of 982	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	868 of 959	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	821 of 970	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.8	693 of 954	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.7	512 of 742	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.0	744 of 955	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	9.4	967 of 1001	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.2	1690 of 1800	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	1577 of 1793	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	1452 of 1808	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	1170 of 1763	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.6	918 of 1514	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.5	1261 of 1816	30.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	12.2	1785 of 1947	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	1804 of 1959	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	1667 of 1984	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	1571 of 1977	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	1434 of 1707	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	1518 of 2019	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	1276 of 1292	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	1070 of 1195	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	923 of 1156	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	1003 of 1113	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.4	764 of 1194	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	9.0	1047 of 1126	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	27.1	978 of 1368	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.7	928 of 1363	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	873 of 1367	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.1	873 of 1369	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.8	1044 of 1241	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.0	845 of 1356	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2024	34.6	396 of 639	38.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	45.0	230 of 483	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.9	240 of 486	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.3	215 of 480	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.5	268 of 454	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.7	187 of 339	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	820 of 1248	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.5	863 of 1251	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.5	852 of 1275	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.2	809 of 1286	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.2	818 of 1017	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.0	897 of 1276	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	13.5	442 of 483	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	31.9	442 of 669	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.3	405 of 643	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.7	364 of 661	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.2	387 of 662	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.6	443 of 517	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.3	365 of 639	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	15.2	695 of 788	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	39.7	722 of 1229	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.9	651 of 1219	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	51.6	511 of 1234	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.6	559 of 1221	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.7	720 of 1019	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	49.1	570 of 1217	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	959 of 1271	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.1	808 of 1264	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.1	780 of 1292	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	863 of 1286	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.6	747 of 1296	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2024	24.8	649 of 802	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	673 of 805	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	635 of 781	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.3	521 of 792	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

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

Male (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)4th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)2nd percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2025)52nd percentile+24 vs school

Disabled (2024)38th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)34th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2024)19th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)12th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)8th percentile~ school

By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts26%-30 vs state

Science25%-25 vs state

Mathematics10%-29 vs state

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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 - Officer Donald J Marquez Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	2916 W 47th St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 321-2200	508	36	14.1	93.1%	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	502 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.5	1690^th of 1737 public elementary schools	2.7%		9.6	1956^th of 2056 public elementary schools	4.9%	266	21.1	28.8		20.7	33.3	22.8	26.3	44.1	26.5					19.3	16.9	10.3	97.8%		$9,285	$769	$8,516
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
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
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
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 - Rufino Tamayo Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	5135 S California Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 434-6355	266	19	14.0	90.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	265 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.9	1316^th of 1737 public elementary schools	24.2%		37.4	1265^th of 2056 public elementary schools	38.5%	51	36.7	46.7		37.9	43.3	41.4	67.9	90.0	50.9			36.7			33.3	25.1	99.6%		$11,339	$864	$10,475
Christopher Elementary School	Public	K-8	5042 S Artesian Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9375	315	38	8.4	95.9%	6 (1.9%)	50 (15.9%)	257 (81.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									23.4							14.4	97%		$36,904	$3,701	$33,202
Acero Charter School Network - Jovita Idar Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	5050 S Homan Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(312) 455-5450	528	29	18.5	88.4%	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	518 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.9	1607^th of 1737 public elementary schools	7.5%		22.6	1603^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	22.0%	4	25.4	63.3	19.0	25.7	37.3	41.7	45.0	55.0	36.9			17.9		18.3	26.7	16.1	99.6%		$12,473	$1,065	$11,407
Nightingale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5250 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9270	917	65	14.1	90.6%	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	893 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.1	1518^th of 1737 public elementary schools	12.6%		19.3	1687^th of 2056 public elementary schools	17.9%	169	20.7	39.2	28.4	31.9	37.2	43.3	31.0	48.0	37.0	41.9	13.8	29.1	19.1	26.0	25.5	25.3	97.9%		$19,318	$1,134	$18,184
Sawyer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5248 S Sawyer Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-0440	885	58	15.3	95.9%	17 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	857 (96.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	5.2	1697^th of 1737 public elementary schools	2.3%		16.8	1745^th of 2056 public elementary schools	15.1%	48	19.2	31.9	13.3	33.7	17.2	27.8	34.4	40.4	27.7	16.9	14.6	16.2	14.4	19.1	20.2	16.9	98.8%		$19,254	$1,386	$17,868

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Students at Acero Charter School Network - Officer Donald J Marquez Elementary are 99% Hispanic.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 508 students attended Acero Charter School Network - Officer Donald J Marquez Elementary.

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