YCCS West

Set in Chicago, Illinois, YCCS West is a very small four-year high school, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It serves 80 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 90% below typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. YCCS West is one of those campuses.

On demographics, YCCS West logs that nearly all students (81%) are Black; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 40.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, YCCS West tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 2.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. YCCS West is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

McNair Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YCCS West. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YCCS West ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 14.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. YCCS West 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YCCS West has declined 16%, going from 95 students in 2018 to 80 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 18% across the same window.

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