Summary:
ZIP code 60607 has one listed high school, Young Magnet High School, which serves grades 7–12. With no other high schools in the list, it is the only local option covered here. Its standout result is exceptionally high proficiency: in 2025–26, all-grades scores rounded to 100% in English language arts (ELA) and 99% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide.
Young Magnet is the only school, so there is no meaningful within-area top or bottom school comparison. Against the state, its 2025–26 proficiency was 43 points higher in ELA, 59 points higher in math, and 47 points higher in 8th-grade science. Its graduation rate was 95%, compared with 90% statewide and 83% in Chicago Public Schools District 299. Other reported outcomes were favorable too: chronic absenteeism was 19% (below the state’s 24%), and the dropout rate was 1% (below the state’s 2%). SchoolDigger ranked the school 5th of 620 Illinois schools in 2025–26, placing it in the 99th percentile with a 5-star rating.
Scores remain very high, though the school’s lead over state results narrowed in several two-year comparisons. ELA rose from 98% to 100%, while the state rose from 53% to 56%; the ELA gap narrowed by 1 point. Math was nearly flat, moving from 99.3% to 99.0%, while the state increased from 39% to 40%; the gap narrowed by 1 point. Eighth-grade science also edged up, from 98.5% to 98.6%, but the state rose by 7 points and the gap narrowed by 6 points. Science trends differed by grade and exam: 9th- and 10th-grade PreACT Secure results improved, while 11th-grade ACT science declined. For context, 2024–25 enrollment was 2,223, the student-teacher ratio was 17.1, and 33% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.
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