Acero Charter Schools - Sandra Cisneros

98% of students with IEPs spend most of the school day in general classrooms - above what's typical for CPS elementary schools (ISBE Report Card 2026). 72% of teachers stayed from one year to the next - below what's typical for CPS elementary schools.

Cultural fit

32% of students were chronically absent in 2026 - about what's typical for CPS elementary schools (ISBE Report Card 2026).

Academic performance

22% of students met or exceeded standards on the 2026 IAR - in the lower quarter of CPS elementary schools with published results (ISBE Report Card 2026). ISBE did not publish math for 39 schools where fewer than 10 students met the standard, so they are not in this comparison.

Academic fit

72% of teachers stayed from one year to the next - below what's typical for CPS elementary schools (ISBE Report Card 2026).

Computed from published data with its source and year on every clause - a description, never a grade.

Teacher-Parent Trust, Student Peer Relationships, and Parent Involvement in School are rated above the CPS average; Inquiry-Based Science Instruction, Classroom Rigor, and Math Instruction are rated below it this year.

From the 2026 CPS 5Essentials survey (25-26). Scores are benchmarked 1–99 (not percentages) - higher is stronger, and each is shown against the CPS average that same year. This is a newer survey on a different benchmark than the component levels above, so the two aren’t directly comparable.

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