Mayor Emanuel announces Chicago public high schools on track to 82 percent graduation rate

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research (UChicago CCSR) announced today that the Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) new targeted strategy to reduce course failure in the ninth grade has put CPS students on-track to achieve an 82 percent graduation rate, an increase of 25 percent from 2007. Since Mayor Emanuel took office in 2011, the CPS on-track graduation rate has risen 9 percent.

"Chicago Public School students are continually raising the standard of academic excellence," said Mayor Emanuel. "We must remain focused on successfully transitioning students from eighth to ninth grade to ensure all students from every neighborhood in Chicago are 100 percent college ready and 100 percent college bound."