Enrollment
174
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006449
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School
2001 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 648-2130 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
162 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 87 | 50% |
| Grade 11 | 55 | 32% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 18% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
2.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 18% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School's state test result (2.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School this school | 174 | 93.1% | 2.8% |
| YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School Chicago | 200 | 95.0% | 1.9% |
| ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr Chicago | 285 | 92.3% | 14.5% |
| YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican Chicago | 184 | 92.4% | 2.8% |
| World Language High School Chicago | 389 | 93.6% | 16.3% |
| School of Social Justice High School Chicago | 269 | 94.1% | 10.7% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 2.8% | #561 of 573 | #158 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #570 of 708 | #186 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #38 of 578 | #31 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #38 of 358 | #27 of 101 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
174
-13 (-7%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 174 | 9 | 19.3:1 | 93% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 9 | 18.0:1 | 93% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 146 | 9 | 16.2:1 | 91% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 187 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 231 | N/A | N/A | 99% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School.
About YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is a very small high school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60608). The school has 174 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 834 students for high schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School among them.
A large majority of enrollment at YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is Hispanic, at 95%. The school is also 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. The diversity index for YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois is 5.5 students per teacher. At YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 27 points lower.
Among Illinois public high schools, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools: 2.8% actual against 17.8% predicted.
In the wider Cook County area, median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Hammond Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Federal records list YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School as a charter school.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 7%.
This page is set up for the YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
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- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Hammond Elementary School0.2 mi · 259
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.4 mi · 98
- Telpochcalli Elementary School0.4 mi · 209
- Plamondon Elementary School0.4 mi · 92
- Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy0.4 mi · 922
- Spry Community Links High School0.5 mi · 82
Frequently asked questions
About YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High SchoolHow many students attend YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School?
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School enrolls approximately 174 students in grades 09-12.
Is YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School have?
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School?
At YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School public or private?
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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