Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress is an elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Chicago Public Schools District 299, with 530 students. Unfortunately, this school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools over the past 5 years, with a 0-1 star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school's academic performance is significantly below the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 20.3% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 30.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In math, only 9.5% of students were proficient or better, compared to 18.3% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 43.7% in the 2021-2022 school year. Certain student subgroups, such as 3rd and 5th grade students, perform particularly poorly, with only 5.8% and 6.5% proficient or better in English Language Arts, respectively.

Interestingly, nearby traditional public schools, such as Hearst Elementary School, Edwards Elementary School, and Sandoval Elementary School, generally outperform Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress on academic measures, despite serving similar student populations. Additionally, the nearby Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz school stands out as a high-performing outlier, with significantly higher academic achievement than Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress and the surrounding schools, despite being in the same district.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 4248 W 47th St
       Chicago, IL  60632-4402


(773) 579-3475

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1868th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,603 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  530

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
98.1%
African American:
1.3%
White:
0.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.3% Help


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Compare Details Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress ranks worse than 90.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 347th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.54. (See more...)
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Compare Details Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress ranks worse than 59.4% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.38. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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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Compare Details Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress has the largest elementary school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.  (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress is $15,603. 445 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress:

SchoolDigger ranks Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress 1868th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress 810th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

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


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Rank History for Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 40.14 1191st 2086 42.9%
2021 20.86 1557th 1948 20.1%
2022 21.73 1611th 2082 22.6%
2023 14.36 1896th 2077 8.7%
2024 14.54 1868th 2067 9.6%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 59.19 179th 743 75.9%
2021 33.69 393rd 537 26.8%
2022 32.06 586th 768 23.7%
2023 36.05 527th 788 33.1%
2024 27.88 682nd 826 17.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.76 934th 1194 21.8%
2022 22.15 1024th 1113 8.0%
2023 22.66 990th 1156 14.4%
2024 17.88 1123rd 1195 6.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 59.35 582nd 1816 68.0%
2021 38.16 899th 1514 40.6%
2022 34.06 1166th 1763 33.9%
2023 21.85 1581st 1808 12.6%
2024 20.64 1573rd 1793 12.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 42.93 1114th 2019 44.8%
2021 23.71 1283rd 1680 23.6%
2022 23.52 1499th 1970 23.9%
2023 15.36 1780th 1957 9.0%
2024 15.44 1736th 1942 10.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 20.37 856th 907 5.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 38.50 1185th 2019 41.3%
2021 16.63 1505th 1707 11.8%
2022 21.46 1545th 1977 21.9%
2023 14.42 1821st 1984 8.2%
2024 15.18 1752nd 1959 10.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 52.32 386th 955 59.6%
2021 29.66 545th 742 26.5%
2022 28.21 727th 954 23.8%
2023 19.25 898th 970 7.4%
2024 19.22 872nd 959 9.1%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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Rank History for all middle school students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.77 869th 1356 35.9%
2021 26.53 900th 1241 27.5%
2022 35.09 830th 1369 39.4%
2023 29.41 927th 1367 32.2%
2024 35.38 810th 1363 40.6%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.92 337th 339 0.6%
2021 47.71 98th 277 64.6%
2022 55.53 107th 454 76.4%
2023 32.34 367th 480 23.5%
2024 58.16 117th 486 75.9%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 39.32 400th 792 49.5%
2023 33.68 495th 805 38.5%
2024 26.55 617th 802 23.1%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.71 607th 1217 50.1%
2021 44.77 508th 1019 50.1%
2022 53.74 462nd 1221 62.2%
2023 45.43 615th 1234 50.2%
2024 49.92 519th 1219 57.4%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for middle school Female students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.26 813th 1276 36.3%
2021 21.62 823rd 1017 19.1%
2022 39.09 728th 1286 43.4%
2023 26.98 916th 1275 28.2%
2024 36.98 749th 1251 40.1%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 21.85 588th 639 8.0%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.87 853rd 1296 34.2%
2021 31.36 697th 1048 33.5%
2022 32.24 827th 1286 35.7%
2023 32.73 824th 1292 36.2%
2024 34.60 764th 1264 39.6%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 39.23 373rd 639 41.6%
2021 31.04 381st 517 26.3%
2022 42.65 349th 662 47.3%
2023 33.98 438th 661 33.7%
2024 42.19 328th 643 49.0%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2018 2 7 0 572 1 0 0 0 582
2019 5 5 0 597 1 0 0 0 608
2020 3 5 0 580 1 0 0 0 589
2021 4 5 0 566 0 0 0 0 575
2022 3 6 0 563 0 0 0 0 572
2023 2 7 0 520 0 0 1 0 530

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

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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 Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2018 582 29.0 20.0 90.2
2019 608 32.0 19.0 88
2020 589 29.0 20.3 86.9
2021 575 n/a n/a n/a
2022 572 32.0 17.8 89.3
2023 530 32.5 16.3 n/a

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 Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2018 582 29.0 20.0 90.2
2019 608 32.0 19.0 88
2020 589 29.0 20.3 86.9
2021 575 n/a n/a n/a
2022 572 32.0 17.8 89.3
2023 530 32.5 16.3 n/a

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $736 (6.8%) $10,070 (93.2%) $10,805
2020 $830 (7.2%) $10,728 (92.8%) $11,558
2021 $996 (8.7%) $10,468 (91.3%) $11,464
2022 $996 (8.7%) $10,468 (91.3%) $11,464
2023 $438 (32.1%) $925 (67.9%) $1,363
2024 $1,999 (12.8%) $13,604 (87.2%) $15,603

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1191st of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1896th of 2077 Elementary schools
 34.2%
Ranks 869th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 927th of 1367 Middle schools
 3.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)43.510
 33.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)39.419.7
 19.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)40.311.3
 29%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)32.920.9
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)9.43.1
 6.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)23.225
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)37.54.6
 32.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)24.116.4
 7.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)15.96.4
 9.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)24.124.1
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)31.73.8
 27.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)20.715
 5.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)49.226.7
 22.5%
   5th Grade Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)40.739.2
 1.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)18.32.5
 15.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)22.824.7
 1.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)10.83.8
 7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)17.714.6
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)3925.4
 13.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)28.229.7
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)21.910.9
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)21.818.7
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)22.635.6
 13%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.231.3
 5.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)2916.9
 12.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)24.319.5
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress)21.740
 18.3%
   8th Grade Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)40.340.3
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students608530
 12.8%
African American57
 40%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic597520
 12.9%
Pacific Islander00
White52
 60%
Two or More Races01


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Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress ranks in the bottom 9.6% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students at Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress are 98% Hispanic, 1% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 530 students attended Acero Charter Network - PFC Torress.


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