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Founded in 1975 and located just east of the United Center and just north of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (WY) has a tradition of academic excellence and ethnic and cultural diversity.

Ranked the 4th best high school in Illinois (U.S. News & World Report, May 2015), and 2nd most diverse high school in the U.S. (Niche, June 2015). Whitney M. Young Magnet High School offers a very rigorous college preparatory curriculum with two programs: Magnet High School program grades 9–12, and Academic Center grades 7 & 8.

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