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YCCS-Truman Middle College High School

Public, Charter Grades 9-12
649th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 698 Illinois High Schools
Better than 7% of Illinois high schools
Summary

YCCS-Truman Middle College High School is a public charter high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 191 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-Truman Middle College High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with a statewide ranking between 561 and 649 over the past few years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly lower than the district and state averages, particularly in mathematics, where 0% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in ACT Mathematics, compared to 25.3% for the district and 39.3% for the state. The school has also seen a decline in its four-year graduation rate, from 87.7% in 2023-2024 to 34.3% in 2024-2025, and an increase in its dropout rate, from 2.7% to 25.0% during the same period.

Nearby schools, such as Sullivan High School, Mather High School, and Northside College Preparatory High School, generally outperform YCCS-Truman Middle College High School on academic measures, graduation rates, and test scores. Northside College Preparatory High School, in particular, is a top-performing school in the state, with 96.2% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in ACT English Language Arts and 90% proficient or better in ACT Mathematics.

192
Students ?
16.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,998
Per pupil spending ?
80.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1145 W Wilson Ave
       Chicago, IL  60640-6063

(773) 907-4840

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.6%
African American:
22.4%
Asian:
15.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2019 → 7th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (9% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Illinois average (34% vs 89%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school9%
District avg35%
Illinois avg47%
649th of 698
Illinois public high schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 23 pts since 2019
From bottom 30% (2019) to bottom 7% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
102nd 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
20257.3649 of 6987.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.0610 of 69712.5%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1561 of 69919.7%★☆☆☆☆
202218.8567 of 69918.9%★☆☆☆☆
201931.8491 of 70130.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202331.8194 of 30135.5%★★☆☆☆
202224.5236 of 29419.7%★☆☆☆☆
201931.9189 of 29936.8%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202511.6281 of 2841.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202428.6158 of 24836.3%★☆☆☆☆
202331.0159 of 21726.7%★☆☆☆☆
202223.5190 of 2057.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.3130 of 18329.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20256.1654 of 6854.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.2599 of 6649.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.1474 of 65627.7%★☆☆☆☆
202215.8550 of 65816.4%★☆☆☆☆
20199.6596 of 66510.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20256.0358 of 3662.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.6325 of 3363.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.0320 of 3333.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.8253 of 33524.5%★☆☆☆☆
201910.9304 of 3174.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
201924.757 of 9137.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.8623 of 6727.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.9542 of 63915.2%★☆☆☆☆
202332.6455 of 64429.3%★☆☆☆☆
202223.4502 of 62619.8%★☆☆☆☆
201939.6388 of 63939.3%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20254.1679 of 6850.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.6569 of 66814.8%★☆☆☆☆
202314.8578 of 66813.5%★☆☆☆☆
202221.8523 of 66421.2%★☆☆☆☆
201937.0432 of 67536.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202231.2286 of 49342.0%★☆☆☆☆
201966.482 of 47382.7%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20193.2551 of 5520.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2022)42nd percentile+23 vs school
Homeless (2019)37th percentile+7 vs school
African American (2023)36th percentile+16 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile-5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school
Male (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school
White (2019)<1st percentile-30 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts8%-44 vs state
Science8%-41 vs state
Mathematics0%-39 vs state

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