Enrollment
103
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006479
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership
2920 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616 · (312) 949-5010 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL103 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.7:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
98 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 | 41 | 40% |
| Grade 11 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 49% |
Student demographics
11%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
2.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 2% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 17% 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-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership's state test result (2.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership this school | 103 | 95.1% | 2.5% |
| YCCS Chtr - Chatham Chicago | 104 | 97.1% | 2.1% |
| YCCS-Scholastic Achievement High School Chicago | 117 | 93.2% | 2.3% |
| Urban Prep Chtr Academy Englewood High School Chicago | 87 | 92.0% | 7.2% |
| Bronzeville Scholastic High School Chicago | 119 | 90.8% | 6.7% |
| SIU Charter School of East St Louis East Saint Louis | 99 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
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-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 2.5% | #566 of 573 | #163 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 103 | #647 of 708 | #197 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #18 of 578 | #11 of 171 |
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
103
-21 (-17%) 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 | 103 | 7 | 14.7:1 | 95% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | 93% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 10 | 8.6:1 | 99% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 124 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 151 | N/A | N/A | 98% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership.
About YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership serves students in Chicago, Illinois, as a very small high school. Total enrollment is 103 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Illinois enroll about 834 students on average.
The Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 system has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Black students are 94% of those enrolled at YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. The diversity index for YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.7:1 is based on 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Illinois average 13.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 95%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of Illinois public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership would score about 16.6%. It scores 2.5%, a bottom-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Drake Elementary School is the nearest public school to YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership is behind the 42.5% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership is a publicly funded charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 103, from 124 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- 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
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
- Drake Elementary School0.2 mi · 302
- Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School0.4 mi · 355
- Ward J Elementary School0.5 mi · 500
- John J Pershing Magnet Elementary0.5 mi · 439
- Haines Elementary School0.7 mi · 461
- National Teachers Elementary Academy0.7 mi · 795
Frequently asked questions
About YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside LeadershipHow many students attend YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership?
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership enrolls approximately 103 students in grades 09-12.
Is YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership an elementary, middle, or high school?
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership have?
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership?
At YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership, the student body is approximately 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership?
YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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