Other · Illinois
Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr
CharterFree meals for allHorizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr, a public other school in Chicago, Illinois: grades k–12, 712 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 712
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
More students per teacher than 50% of schools in Illinois
Median 11.6 · 8 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 51% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 50% of schools in Illinois
Median 749 · 8 schools compared
Larger than 80% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Illinois: 53%61%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 67% of schools in Illinois
Median 38% · 6 schools compared
72 students tested, grades 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Illinois: 39%23%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 57% of schools in Illinois
Median 23% · 7 schools compared
346 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Location
- Address
- 5401 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
- Phone
- (773)498-3355
- City or town
- Chicago
- County
- Cook County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catalyst Charter - Maria ESCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 1,107 | 14.2 | 35% | 26% |
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley PkCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 873 | 10.8 | 69% | 38% |
A.E.R.O. Therapeutic CenterSpecial educationFree meals for all | — | — | — | — | — |
IL Center for Rehab & Educ-RSpecial education | 4–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
CICS - Longwood CampusCharterFree meals for all | 3–12 | 1,137 | 16.0 | 21% | 9.8% |
Tapestry AlopAlternative | 4–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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