YCCS-Truman Middle College HS

YCCS-Truman Middle College HS is a four-year high school of very small scale in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, caters to 192 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 77% leaner than typical.

YCCS-Truman Middle College HS is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that teaches 324,396 students overall.

Looking at the student body, YCCS-Truman Middle College HS records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 15% Asian, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, YCCS-Truman Middle College HS reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting YCCS-Truman Middle College HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YCCS-Truman Middle College HS is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 24.9%; YCCS-Truman Middle College HS posts 4.7%, -20.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that 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-Truman Middle College HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YCCS-Truman Middle College HS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YCCS-Truman Middle College HS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site. YCCS-Truman Middle College HS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 22% across the same window.

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