Enrollment
100
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006518
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership
5101 S Keeler Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (312) 225-4668 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL100 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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.
- DBeats 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
25.0:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
85 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 | 49 | 49% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 39% |
| Grade 12 | 12 | 12% |
Student demographics
38%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
22.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% 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-Youth Connection Leadership
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership's state test result (2.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership this school | 100 | 85.0% | 2.5% |
| YCCS-West Town Academy Alt High School Chicago | 115 | 87.8% | 4.3% |
| Austin College and Career Academy High School Chicago | 190 | 83.7% | 4.0% |
| YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College High School Chicago | 128 | 89.1% | 10.7% |
| Air Force Academy High School Chicago | 131 | 87.8% | 19.6% |
| Bronzeville Scholastic High School Chicago | 119 | 90.8% | 6.7% |
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-Youth Connection Leadership ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 2.5% | #564 of 573 | #161 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 100 | #650 of 708 | #198 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #95 of 578 | #83 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -56.7% | #6 of 358 | #5 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
100
-5 (-5%) 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 | 100 | 4 | 25.0:1 | 85% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 132 | 5 | 26.4:1 | 89% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 100 | 6 | 16.7:1 | 91% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 105 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 231 | N/A | N/A | 97% (225) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership.
About YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is a high school in Chicago, Illinois, and it is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. School enrollment was 100 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Illinois average about 834 students.
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership belongs to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district of 622 schools and 324,396 students.
A majority of students at YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership, 75%, are Black. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 53 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. By the diversity index, YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership comes in at 38%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1 at YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership, with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 85%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
allk12 grades YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership an F. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is among the bottom 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 22.4%. Actual: 2.5%.
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is located in Cook County, where median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The school nearest to YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is Curie Metropolitan High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership went from 105 students to 100.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Curie Metropolitan High School0.3 mi · 3,099
- Edwards Elementary School0.4 mi · 1,209
- Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress0.6 mi · 528
- Acero Chtr Netrk - Major Garcia0.6 mi · 666
- Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School0.6 mi · 532
- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz0.6 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About YCCS-Youth Connection LeadershipHow large is YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership?
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership enrolls approximately 100 students in grades 09-12.
Is YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership an elementary, middle, or high school?
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership?
The student-to-teacher ratio at YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is approximately 25.0:1 (4 FTE teachers).
How diverse is YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership?
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership reports a student body of 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 75% Black.
What district is YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership in?
YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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