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YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr High School

Public, Charter Grades 9-12
683rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 698 Illinois High Schools
Better than 2% of Illinois high schools
Summary

YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr is a public charter high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 502 students in grades 9-12. 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.

YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois high schools, with 0% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in ACT/English Language Arts and ACT/Mathematics, compared to 51.7% and 39.3% statewide, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 56.7% to 89.0%, lower than the state and district averages, and its dropout rate has ranged from 2.4% to 23.7%, higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, the school has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 25.4% to 92.2% in recent years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

While the nearby schools, such as Ogden Intermediate High School, Perspectives Charter - Joslin Campus, and the various Noble Street Charter schools, generally perform better than YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr on academic measures, graduation rates, and other key metrics, they still struggle to match the performance of top-ranked schools in the district, such as Young Magnet High School and Payton College Preparatory High School.

392
Students ?
32.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,011
Per pupil spending ?
89.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 17 N State St
       Chicago, IL  60602

(312) 999-9360

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

African American:
87.2%
Hispanic:
10.7%
White:
1.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2019 → 2nd in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (4% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Illinois average (57% vs 89%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school4%
District avg35%
Illinois avg47%
683rd of 698
Illinois public high schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2019
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SchoolDigger rating ?
130th 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20254.2683 of 6982.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.1676 of 6973.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.3692 of 6991.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.1686 of 6991.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.2695 of 7010.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202513.7312 of 3233.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.1272 of 2999.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.6293 of 3012.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202225.6231 of 29421.4%★☆☆☆☆
201919.2291 of 2992.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.9441 of 49110.2%★☆☆☆☆
202427.0261 of 42939.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202329.0301 of 42829.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20253.3682 of 6850.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.1632 of 6644.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.5646 of 6561.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.0609 of 6587.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.4661 of 6650.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202313.4312 of 3336.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.8324 of 3353.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.9313 of 3171.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.3123 of 13810.9%★☆☆☆☆
202228.546 of 9853.1%★★★☆☆
201924.757 of 9137.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20255.3661 of 6721.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.9607 of 6395.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.6637 of 6441.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.1567 of 6269.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.4634 of 6390.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20255.8665 of 6852.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.2630 of 6685.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.4611 of 6688.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.7607 of 6648.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.5666 of 6751.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.2501 of 5274.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.8377 of 48221.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.1375 of 47621.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.2286 of 49342.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.6306 of 47335.3%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Homeless (2025)11th percentile+9 vs school
Disabled (2025)10th percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2023)6th percentile+5 vs school
Special Education (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Science6%-42 vs state
English Language Arts0%-52 vs state
Mathematics0%-39 vs state

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YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr High School ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Illinois high schools.

Students at YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr High School are 87% African American, 11% Hispanic, 1% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 392 students attended YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr High School.

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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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