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Young Magnet High School

Public Grades 7-12
5th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 698 Illinois High Schools
Better than 99% of Illinois high schools
Summary

Young Magnet High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 2,221 students in grades 7-12. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 698 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, Young Magnet High School has consistently been one of the top-performing high schools in Illinois, ranking within the top 10 schools in the state for the past several years.

In the 2024-2025 school year, Young Magnet High School ranked 5th out of 698 Illinois high schools and received a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly outperforms the Chicago Public Schools District 299 and the state of Illinois in academic achievement across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 97.5% of students at Young Magnet High School were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, 99.3% of students at the school were proficient or better, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state.

Young Magnet High School also has exceptional graduation rates, with a 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the district's rate of 82.5% and the state's rate of 98.2%. The school's dropout rate is also very low, at 2.4% in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the district's rate of 3.7% and the state's rate of 0.7%. While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is higher than the state average of 17.0%, it is still significantly lower than the district average of 40.1%.

2,223
Students ?
17.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,478
Per pupil spending ?
33.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 211 S Laflin St
       Chicago, IL  60607-5305

(773) 534-7500

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
27.8%
Asian:
24.7%
White:
23.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2015 → 99th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Illinois average (93% vs 47% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 1% of Illinois high schools
98% graduate in 4 years — above the Illinois average (89%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school93%
District avg36%
Illinois avg47%
Middle school
2nd of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Top 1%▬ steady since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
5th of 698
Illinois public high schools ?
Top 1%▬ steady since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Illinois High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 144High Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299
698th of 811Chicago Public Schools District 299 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.12 of 136899.9%★★★★★
202499.53 of 136399.8%★★★★★
202399.26 of 136799.6%★★★★★
202299.75 of 136999.6%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 124199.9%★★★★★
201999.72 of 135699.9%★★★★★
201897.528 of 129397.8%★★★★★
201799.63 of 129399.8%★★★★★
201699.55 of 129499.6%★★★★★
201599.92 of 130299.8%★★★★★
201497.74 of 132299.7%★★★★★
201397.97 of 136799.5%★★★★★
201292.92 of 136599.9%★★★★★
201192.61 of 134499.9%★★★★★
201092.31 of 132799.9%★★★★★
200992.48 of 131899.4%★★★★★
200893.11 of 129399.9%★★★★★
200793.41 of 128799.9%★★★★★
200694.01 of 127299.9%★★★★★
200595.71 of 120999.9%★★★★★
200496.61 of 120499.9%★★★★★
200397.24 of 118599.7%★★★★★

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.85 of 57499.1%★★★★★
202499.94 of 54899.3%★★★★★
2023100.02 of 56999.6%★★★★★
2022100.03 of 57399.5%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 38599.7%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202591.13 of 18698.4%★★★★★
202493.11 of 18499.5%★★★★★
202393.81 of 19299.5%★★★★★
202295.22 of 19899.0%★★★★★
202196.41 of 11299.1%★★★★★
201994.52 of 20199.0%★★★★★
201893.33 of 20998.6%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202598.03 of 124899.8%★★★★★
202498.93 of 125199.8%★★★★★
202398.95 of 127599.6%★★★★★
202299.65 of 128699.6%★★★★★
202199.73 of 101799.7%★★★★★
201999.22 of 127699.8%★★★★★
201895.934 of 122697.2%★★★★★

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.63 of 66999.6%★★★★★
202499.82 of 64399.7%★★★★★
202399.82 of 66199.7%★★★★★
202299.84 of 66299.4%★★★★★
2021100.04 of 51799.2%★★★★★
201999.91 of 63999.8%★★★★★
201899.82 of 59099.7%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.85 of 122999.6%★★★★★
2024100.01 of 121999.9%★★★★★
2023100.01 of 123499.9%★★★★★
2022100.02 of 122199.8%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 101999.9%★★★★★
2019100.02 of 121799.8%★★★★★
201899.45 of 116199.6%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.31 of 127199.9%★★★★★
202499.72 of 126499.8%★★★★★
202399.111 of 129299.1%★★★★★
202299.56 of 128699.5%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 104899.9%★★★★★
201999.72 of 129699.8%★★★★★
201897.126 of 122397.9%★★★★★

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202595.72 of 20499.0%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
2024100.01 of 80299.9%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202598.21 of 88499.9%★★★★★
202499.11 of 87599.9%★★★★★
202396.712 of 89598.7%★★★★★
202299.15 of 89899.4%★★★★★
202199.83 of 81399.6%★★★★★
201999.41 of 90599.9%★★★★★
201890.251 of 88994.3%★★★★★
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.35 of 69899.3%★★★★★
2024100.04 of 69799.4%★★★★★
202399.44 of 69999.4%★★★★★
202299.82 of 69999.7%★★★★★
2021100.04 of 68899.4%★★★★★
201999.75 of 70199.3%★★★★★
201898.610 of 64798.5%★★★★★
201799.64 of 64299.4%★★★★★
201699.53 of 64399.5%★★★★★
201598.86 of 61499.0%★★★★★
201499.24 of 67099.4%★★★★★
201399.33 of 67099.6%★★★★★
201299.52 of 66599.7%★★★★★
201199.32 of 65599.7%★★★★★
201099.03 of 64399.5%★★★★★
200999.33 of 63299.5%★★★★★
200899.33 of 62499.5%★★★★★
200799.53 of 61299.5%★★★★★
200699.33 of 59699.5%★★★★★
200599.42 of 59099.7%★★★★★
200499.32 of 59299.7%★★★★★
200399.12 of 58699.7%★★★★★

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.84 of 32398.8%★★★★★
2024100.01 of 29999.7%★★★★★
2023100.01 of 30199.7%★★★★★
2022100.02 of 29499.3%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 28199.6%★★★★★
2019100.05 of 29998.3%★★★★★
201899.87 of 25397.2%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202590.84 of 14897.3%★★★★★
202495.65 of 13796.4%★★★★★
202395.03 of 13497.8%★★★★★
202296.03 of 14197.9%★★★★★
202196.34 of 13597.0%★★★★★
201993.74 of 13096.9%★★★★★
201889.18 of 13293.9%★★★★★

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202597.513 of 49197.4%★★★★★
202482.549 of 42988.6%★★★★☆
202399.74 of 42899.1%★★★★★

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202580.529 of 28489.8%★★★★★
202493.712 of 24895.2%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202598.65 of 68599.3%★★★★★
2024100.05 of 66499.2%★★★★★
202399.33 of 65699.5%★★★★★
202299.62 of 65899.7%★★★★★
2021100.04 of 63999.4%★★★★★
201999.64 of 66599.4%★★★★★
201898.110 of 62098.4%★★★★★

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.66 of 36698.4%★★★★★
2024100.03 of 33699.1%★★★★★
202399.94 of 33398.8%★★★★★
2022100.02 of 33599.4%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 31799.7%★★★★★
2019100.02 of 31799.4%★★★★★
201899.26 of 29197.9%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.95 of 67299.3%★★★★★
2024100.01 of 63999.8%★★★★★
202399.93 of 64499.5%★★★★★
2022100.02 of 62699.7%★★★★★
2021100.01 of 61199.8%★★★★★
2019100.05 of 63999.2%★★★★★
201899.85 of 58599.1%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.45 of 68599.3%★★★★★
2024100.04 of 66899.4%★★★★★
202399.43 of 66899.6%★★★★★
202299.82 of 66499.7%★★★★★
2021100.04 of 65399.4%★★★★★
201999.67 of 67599.0%★★★★★
201898.510 of 61998.4%★★★★★

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202596.62 of 21199.1%★★★★★
202499.61 of 18299.5%★★★★★
202398.91 of 16399.4%★★★★★
202299.02 of 17098.8%★★★★★
202199.04 of 16097.5%★★★★★
201995.08 of 16595.2%★★★★★
201898.71 of 15499.4%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202584.664 of 52787.9%★★★★☆
202499.99 of 48298.1%★★★★★
2023100.05 of 47698.9%★★★★★
2022100.01 of 49399.8%★★★★★
2021100.05 of 45398.9%★★★★★
2019100.01 of 47399.8%★★★★★
2018100.01 of 37499.7%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202599.56 of 56498.9%★★★★★
2024100.02 of 55499.6%★★★★★
202399.53 of 55799.5%★★★★★
202299.82 of 56099.6%★★★★★
2021100.04 of 55399.3%★★★★★
201999.85 of 55299.1%★★★★★
201899.74 of 54899.3%★★★★★
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Male (2025)100th percentile~ school
White (2025)100th percentile~ school
Special Education (2024)100th percentile~ school
Female (2025)100th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)100th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)100th percentile~ school
African American (2025)99th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)99th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)98th percentile~ school
High school
Female (2025)99th percentile~ school
Male (2025)99th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)99th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)99th percentile~ school
White (2025)99th percentile~ school
African American (2025)99th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)98th percentile~ school
Disabled (2025)97th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)97th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)90th percentile-9 vs school
Special Education (2025)88th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics99%+61 vs state
Science98%+53 vs state
English Language Arts98%+44 vs state

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Open Quote Even with the astounding work load these kids face, Young's students seem extremely happy to be there. Most of the kids are serious about their school work, so that attitude permeates the building. My daughter has told me that the principal at times sits in the student lunchroom and does her work. She is very approachable, and it is clear that she is trying to keep abreast of what is going on with the kids by being there. The administration also plans plenty of fun events for the kids. As a parent, I am most impressed with the communication. There are many informational meetings to keep parents aware of what is going on. My son went to another one of the top high schools, and I have to say I was in the dark most of the time when it came to his school. I think I attended one parent meeting (other than report card pick up) in all four of his high school years. I've already been to about four for my daughter, and she is only in her 5th month of freshman year. Close Quote





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In the 2024-25 school year, 2,223 students attended Young Magnet High School.

Students at Young Magnet High School are 28% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 24% White, 19% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Yes! Young Magnet High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 5th of 698 Illinois high schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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