YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS

YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS is an one-room-style high school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school works with 128 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 85% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.1%; this one delivers 10.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Schmid Elem School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College HS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 27%: 101 students in 2018 compared to 128 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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