📍 4909 W Division St, Chicago, Cook County, 60651
YCCS West is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 76 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Adrienne Procter. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
YCCS West enrolls 76 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 63 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
71 of the school's 76 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
YCCS West is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-70, state senate district 4, state house district 8.
YCCS West is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 76 students, YCCS West is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large