Horizon Science Acad-Belmont operates 1 public schools serving 555 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 785 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Cook County County.
a 785:1 student-counselor ratio, above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 23.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.6% Hispanic or Latino, 35.0% African American, 0.5% White across the district's schools.
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont accounts for 100.0% of all Horizon Science Acad-Belmont student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Horizon Science Acad-Belmont-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont student-counselor ratio is 785:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment — districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont chronic absenteeism rate is 23.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason — illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Horizon Science Acad-Belmont is typically wider than the Horizon Science Acad-Belmont-aggregate figure suggests.