Neighborhood schools lead to rise in CPS 2016 graduation rates

Chicago Public Schools says about three of every four ninth-graders now earns a high school diploma, a sizable increase from last year’s revised graduation rate.

On Monday, CPS released overall district graduation rates for the class of 2016, showing that 73.5 percent of students earn a diploma within five years of starting ninth grade, a measure commonly used in large urban school districts. Coincidentally, the percentage of children who finished high school in 2016 after four years is the same, according to CPS...