CPS class of 2024 students reached near-record highs in high school graduation (84%) and immediate college enrollment (66%), on par with national averages¶
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q2 i? Near-record highs of CPS students from the class of 2024 graduated from high school (84%) and immediately enrolled in college (66%). → Mahaffie 2025
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Mahaffie 2025¶
Mahaffie, S., Usher, A., Nagaoka, J., & McKoy, D. (2025). The Educational Attainment of Chicago Public Schools Students: 2024. To&Through Project and UChicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/the-educational-attainment-of-Chicago-Public-Schools-students-2024
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The 2024 Educational Attainment report's headline finding, stated in the release: near-record highs in CPS students graduating from high school (84%) and immediately enrolling in college (66%), rates described as "on par with national averages".
"Near-record highs in CPS students from the class of 2024 graduating from high school (84%) and immediately enrolling in college (66%)."
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Related Claims¶
- Immediate college enrollment declined from 62 percent for the CPS class of 2019 to 58 percent for the class of 2020, driven more by the drop in two-year than four-year enrollment — related
- Students who began as English Learners graduated from high school at a slightly higher rate than never-classified EL students and enrolled in college at about the same rate, with more two-year enrollment — related
- CPS alumni college completion (48%) remains below the national average (64%), with 56% of immediate four-year and 32% of immediate two-year enrollees completing within six years — related
- A record high 7,368 students from the CPS class of 2018 graduated from college with a degree or certificate — related
- CPS immediate college enrollment rate outperforms the most recent national rate by 5 percentage points (66% vs. 61%) — reports the opposite
- Four-year college graduation rates remained flat at about 49 percent for direct four-year enrollees, with much lower rates for two-year (8 percent) and delayed enrollees (4 percent) — related
- Six-year college completion among the CPS class of 2015 varied sharply by enrollment pathway: 55.8% for immediate four-year enrollees, 32.5% for immediate two-year enrollees, and 7.8% for delayed/non-enrollees — related
- CPS class of 2020 graduates enrolled in four-year colleges at rates similar to previous cohorts (41.8% in 2019 vs. 40.8% in 2020) — related
- CPS graduates' four-year college graduation rate remained roughly constant over seven years (46 to 48 percent) and well below the national rate — related
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CPS class of 2024 students reached near-record highs in high school graduation (84%) and immediate college enrollment (66%), on par with national averages |
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CPS class of 2024 students reached near-record highs in high school graduation (84%) and immediate college enrollment (66%), on par with national averages |
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