Is Minnie Minoso Academy a good school?

Minnie Minoso Academy ranks 1542 nd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Minnie Minoso Academy?

In the 2022-23 school year, 299 students attended Minnie Minoso Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Minnie Minoso Academy?

Students at Minnie Minoso Academy are 38% African American, 33% Hispanic, 18% White, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Minnie Minoso Academy attend?

Students who attend Minnie Minoso Academy usually go on to attend: High : Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Minnie Minoso Academy

Summary:

Minnie Minoso Academy is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Chicago Public Schools District 299, located in the South Side of Chicago. With 299 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnie Minoso Academy's academic performance lags significantly behind the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 29.7% of students proficient or better in ELA and 11.5% in math, compared to 30.5% and 18.3% for the district, and 41.2% and 28.4% for the state.

The school's performance is particularly weak in the early grades, with only 6.9% of 3rd graders proficient or better in ELA and math. Compared to nearby schools, such as Armour Elementary School, which had 43% of students proficient or better in ELA and 16.8% in math, Minnie Minoso Academy is significantly underperforming. Additionally, the school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 57.6% in 2021-2022 and 48.5% in 2023-2024, much higher than the district and state averages.

Despite the challenges, Minnie Minoso Academy has seen a significant increase in per-student spending, from $16,857 in 2019-2020 to $26,315 in 2022-2023, and a low student-teacher ratio of 11:1, suggesting that the school has adequate resources in terms of staffing. The relatively stronger performance of African American and Hispanic students at the school is an interesting finding, which could indicate that the school is providing some effective support or programming for these subgroups, which could be leveraged to improve the performance of the entire student population.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

3527 S Wallace St
Chicago, IL 60609-1737

(773) 535-1732

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1542^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,701

Students who attend Minnie Minoso Academy usually attend:

High:

Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 299

Racial breakdown:

African American:

38.1%

Hispanic:

33.1%

White:

18.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Minnie Minoso Academy ranks worse than 74.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 205^th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.08. (See more...)

Compare Details Minnie Minoso Academy ranks worse than 52.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.94. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Minnie Minoso Academy is $26,701, which is the 58^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Minnie Minoso Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Minnie Minoso Academy 1542^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Minnie Minoso Academy in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Minnie Minoso Academy 717^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Minnie Minoso Academy in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Minnie Minoso Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	14.88	1726^th	2020	14.6%
2004	19.92	1711^th	2030	15.7%
2005	52.30	1175^th	2022	41.9%
2006	36.85	1566^th	2086	24.9%
2007	40.33	1500^th	2095	28.4%
2008	54.28	1177^th	2092	43.7%
2009	34.13	1579^th	2120	25.5%
2010	23.32	1765^th	2139	17.5%
2011	42.74	1426^th	2147	33.6%
2012	42.77	1449^th	2166	33.1%
2013	39.32	1416^th	2167	34.7%
2014	34.81	1430^th	2093	31.7%
2015	55.08	799^th	2052	61.1%
2016	50.70	938^th	2046	54.2%
2017	49.51	954^th	2044	53.3%
2018	38.81	1207^th	2037	40.7%
2019	37.94	1242^nd	2086	40.5%
2021	20.65	1562^nd	1948	19.8%
2022	31.32	1359^th	2082	34.7%
2023	39.79	1178^th	2077	43.3%
2024	25.08	1542^nd	2067	25.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.20	647^th	1765	63.3%
2019	48.86	861^st	1816	52.6%
2021	29.52	1124^th	1514	25.8%
2022	45.55	887^th	1763	49.7%
2023	56.98	638^th	1808	64.7%
2024	36.05	1161^st	1793	35.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.59	952^nd	1964	51.5%
2019	49.85	948^th	2019	53.0%
2022	31.97	1278^th	1970	35.1%
2023	39.85	1106^th	1957	43.5%
2024	22.70	1514^th	1942	22.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.05	1381^st	1972	30.0%
2019	36.07	1243^rd	2019	38.4%
2022	30.44	1300^th	1977	34.2%
2023	38.45	1137^th	1984	42.7%
2024	28.29	1360^th	1959	30.6%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.22	222^nd	698	68.2%
2019	53.79	251^st	711	64.7%
2022	38.05	384^th	684	43.9%
2023	62.09	163^rd	692	76.4%
2024	50.30	250^th	655	61.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.42	309^th	938	67.1%
2019	68.79	196^th	955	79.5%
2022	59.37	279^th	954	70.8%
2023	65.11	231^st	970	76.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	49.93	671^st	1185	43.4%
2004	26.92	915^th	1204	24.0%
2005	37.87	826^th	1209	31.7%
2006	40.55	869^th	1272	31.7%
2007	41.09	876^th	1287	31.9%
2008	33.00	960^th	1293	25.8%
2009	31.98	997^th	1318	24.4%
2010	37.04	960^th	1327	27.7%
2011	41.39	907^th	1344	32.5%
2012	13.70	1228^th	1365	10.0%
2013	35.39	936^th	1367	31.5%
2014	31.33	960^th	1322	27.4%
2015	49.22	562^nd	1302	56.8%
2016	43.72	683^rd	1294	47.2%
2017	42.53	706^th	1293	45.4%
2018	30.05	898^th	1293	30.5%
2019	36.83	815^th	1356	39.9%
2021	34.62	734^th	1241	40.9%
2022	33.95	841^st	1369	38.6%
2023	48.22	624^th	1367	54.4%
2024	41.94	717^th	1363	47.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.14	595^th	1161	48.8%
2019	49.63	562^nd	1217	53.8%
2021	36.38	636^th	1019	37.6%
2022	45.45	593^rd	1221	51.4%
2023	58.49	390^th	1234	68.4%
2024	56.93	420^th	1219	65.5%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.32	700^th	1226	42.9%
2019	36.69	800^th	1276	37.3%
2022	39.17	726^th	1286	43.5%
2023	47.74	595^th	1275	53.3%
2024	32.00	813^th	1251	35.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.76	924^th	1223	24.4%
2019	39.29	736^th	1296	43.2%
2022	24.26	971^st	1286	24.5%
2023	53.05	523^rd	1292	59.5%
2024	51.48	524^th	1264	58.5%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	50.43	215^th	565	61.9%
2022	49.45	217^th	573	62.1%
2024	63.27	125^th	548	77.2%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Minnie Minoso Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.59	352^nd	590	40.3%
2019	56.46	230^th	639	64.0%
2023	67.65	145^th	661	78.1%
2024	50.87	258^th	643	59.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Minnie Minoso Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	172	23	6	153	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	354
1990	178	25	6	165	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	374
1991	158	26	13	155	0	n/a	n/a	0	352
1992	180	28	17	146	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
1993	164	30	16	185	1	n/a	n/a	0	396
1994	146	34	17	160	2	n/a	n/a	0	359
1995	131	19	17	206	5	n/a	n/a	0	378
1996	131	19	17	206	5	n/a	n/a	0	378
1997	143	17	8	217	2	n/a	n/a	0	387
1998	130	14	16	226	0	n/a	n/a	0	386
1999	117	14	15	225	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
2000	115	13	25	213	4	n/a	n/a	0	370
2001	99	12	22	231	2	n/a	n/a	0	366
2002	84	9	19	207	3	n/a	n/a	0	322
2003	84	9	19	207	3	n/a	n/a	0	322
2004	65	25	16	207	0	n/a	n/a	0	313
2005	65	34	16	181	2	n/a	n/a	0	298
2006	43	34	14	160	0	n/a	n/a	28	279
2007	65	32	14	149	1	n/a	n/a	9	270
2008	43	23	10	140	0	n/a	n/a	18	234
2009	44	20	15	149	1	n/a	n/a	0	229
2010	47	61	18	154	0	n/a	n/a	1	281
2011	48	51	12	153	2	1	11	0	278
2012	44	63	8	153	4	0	12	0	284
2013	36	57	8	142	4	0	11	0	258
2014	43	76	9	147	3	1	8	0	287
2015	53	80	11	146	2	2	8	0	302
2016	58	84	13	141	1	3	8	0	308
2017	56	136	19	138	4	3	7	0	363
2018	47	145	25	110	2	4	5	0	338
2019	49	151	19	108	2	3	6	0	338
2020	62	142	19	109	2	4	6	0	344
2021	58	121	11	98	1	3	12	0	304
2022	50	107	13	94	2	2	11	0	279
2023	54	114	15	99	0	4	13	0	299

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Minnie Minoso Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	354	16.0	22.1	n/a
1990	374	18.0	20.7	n/a
1991	352	18.0	19.5	n/a
1992	371	19.5	19.0	n/a
1993	396	19.0	20.8	n/a
1994	359	16.5	21.8	n/a
1995	378	19.0	19.9	n/a
1996	378	19.0	19.9	n/a
1997	387	19.0	20.4	n/a
1998	386	19.0	20.3	n/a
1999	371	19.0	19.5	n/a
2000	370	19.2	19.3	n/a
2001	366	20.2	18.1	n/a
2002	322	20.0	16.1	90.4
2003	322	20.0	16.1	90.4
2004	313	19.4	16.1	98.7
2005	298	20.0	14.9	91.6
2006	279	23.7	11.8	109.2
2007	270	19.0	14.2	98.1
2008	234	17.0	13.8	104.6
2009	229	17.0	13.5	92.6
2010	281	18.0	15.6	96.1
2011	278	19.0	14.6	92.1
2012	284	18.0	15.7	93.7
2013	258	19.5	13.2	93.8
2014	287	20.0	14.3	94.4
2015	302	22.0	13.7	91.7
2016	308	22.0	14.0	91.9
2017	363	23.0	15.7	91.7
2018	338	19.6	17.1	88.2
2019	338	24.0	14.0	87
2020	344	22.0	15.6	86
2021	304	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	279	25.2	11.0	84.9
2023	299	27.0	11.0	86.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Minnie Minoso Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	354	16.0	22.1	n/a
1990	374	18.0	20.7	n/a
1991	352	18.0	19.5	n/a
1992	371	19.5	19.0	n/a
1993	396	19.0	20.8	n/a
1994	359	16.5	21.8	n/a
1995	378	19.0	19.9	n/a
1996	378	19.0	19.9	n/a
1997	387	19.0	20.4	n/a
1998	386	19.0	20.3	n/a
1999	371	19.0	19.5	n/a
2000	370	19.2	19.3	n/a
2001	366	20.2	18.1	n/a
2002	322	20.0	16.1	90.4
2003	322	20.0	16.1	90.4
2004	313	19.4	16.1	98.7
2005	298	20.0	14.9	91.6
2006	279	23.7	11.8	109.2
2007	270	19.0	14.2	98.1
2008	234	17.0	13.8	104.6
2009	229	17.0	13.5	92.6
2010	281	18.0	15.6	96.1
2011	278	19.0	14.6	92.1
2012	284	18.0	15.7	93.7
2013	258	19.5	13.2	93.8
2014	287	20.0	14.3	94.4
2015	302	22.0	13.7	91.7
2016	308	22.0	14.0	91.9
2017	363	23.0	15.7	91.7
2018	338	19.6	17.1	88.2
2019	338	24.0	14.0	87
2020	344	22.0	15.6	86
2021	304	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	279	25.2	11.0	84.9
2023	299	27.0	11.0	86.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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