Just 14 percent of CPS students will finish college, report says

HYDE PARK — A University of Chicago report, to be published Tuesday, shows Chicago Public Schools is doing a better job at getting students out of high school, but only about one in seven students overall will finish college and black males still lag far behind.

The report from the Consortium on Chicago School Research shows that 73 percent of high school freshman will now go on to graduate, but only 14 percent of CPS ninth-graders of any race will earn a college degree within 10 years of starting high school...