YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS

Located at 2001 S California Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus that educates 174 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 79% below typical.

YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that works with 324,396 students overall.

In terms of who attends, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Other groups include 3% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 17.8%; actual is 2.8%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS is one campus in the mix.

Hammond Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.3%.

YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS operates from an inner-city location. YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative HS's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 231 (now 174).

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