Five years ago, the percentage of black Chicago Public School students going on to college lagged 18 percentage points behind the nationwide average for African-Americans.
The Class of 2008 has nearly closed that gap, with nearly 54 percent of African-American high school graduates headed to college — just slightly more than a percentage point shy of black grads nationwide.
For the fourth straight year, the college enrollment rate among graduates of Chicago’s 116 public high schools is on the rise, to 52.5 percent. That’s a far cry from the 68.6 percent college enrollment rate nationwide. But the 2.5 percent annual gain at CPS far outpaces the nation.
Hispanic students also made steady progress — from 34 percent in 2004 to 43 percent in 2008. But they they still lag nearly 20 percentage points behind the national average.
Mayor Daley credited a high school transformation financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that has hammered home the basics and bolstered educational options across the city.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Number of local black students headed to college rises
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