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Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) mission is to provide high-quality education for every student, regardless of their zip code, that prepares them for college success. Yet it’s been difficult to determine the extent to which a CPS student’s zip code might still matter in whether they graduate from high school and college.

Although high school and college attainment outcomes are reported for every high school in CPS, fewer than one in four CPS freshmen enrolled in their assigned neighborhood high school in 2019. As a result, the patterns in student attainment by community area may not mirror the rates for high schools located in that community...