Young Magnet High School

Young Magnet High School is a well-populated high school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school enrolls 2,223 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Young Magnet High School sits 167% above that benchmark.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Young Magnet High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Young Magnet High School reports that 28% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% Asian, 24% White, 19% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Young Magnet High School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.3%; Young Magnet High School posts 94.6%, +42.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Young Magnet High School is one.

Chicago World Language Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Young Magnet High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Young Magnet High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Young Magnet High School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 2,157 (now 2,223). Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 16% to 25%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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