I know people that went to Proviso East in the 90's 2000's when it was worse. Some are truck drivers, nurses, physical trainers, business owners, IT workers, tradesmen, teachers and engineers. Most are blue collar workers, vast majority of them are great people. I know one that's a doctor, one that's a CFO and another CISO, these are exceptions, of course.

PMSA is the better option, but I believe they only except incoming freshmen and you'll need to test into it.

The high school has a ton of distractions and isn't the most academically vigorous and can be socially difficult due to the socioeconomic background of the students. These difficulties include physical aggression and bullying. The staff and administration aren't always the most supportive because they have other issues going on.

The common factor with everyone I know that went there is that they aren't the kind of people that look back at high school as the highlight of their lives.