YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt HS
Chicago · IL · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 · Public charter
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YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican → YCCS-Truman Middle College HS → Legal Prep Academy Charter HS → Austin College and Career Acad HS → Uplift Community High School → ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr → Marshall Metropolitan High School → Devry Advantage Academy High Schl →At a glance
- 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 50% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt HS compares for families
What families should know about YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt HS.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican, YCCS-Truman Middle College HS, Legal Prep Academy Charter HS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 14% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 50% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,355/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 200 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $21,813 per student in district revenue, the 57 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,243,341/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican Chicago |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 184 | +37.3% |
| YCCS-Truman Middle College HS Chicago |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 192 | -3.0% |
| Legal Prep Academy Charter HS Chicago |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 210 | -17.6% |
| Austin College and Career Acad HS Chicago |
Public | 4.1 | 190 | -23.4% |
| Uplift Community High School Chicago |
Public | 4.3 | 224 | +322.6% |
| ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr Chicago |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 285 | -8.1% |
| Marshall Metropolitan High School Chicago |
Public | 4.2 | 239 | -15.2% |
| Devry Advantage Academy High Schl Chicago |
Public | 3.3 | 152 | -6.2% |