Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of Children

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Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of Children

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Table 6: Where CPS Students Attend School

	Count			Percentage of CPS Elementary Students
	1994	2002	Increase/ (Decrease)	1994	2002	Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
Elementary Students Attending Their Neighborhood School	172	341	169	80.4%	84.8%	4.4%
Elementary Students Attending a Magnet School	16	26	10	7.5%	6.5%	( 1.0%)
Elementary Students Attending Another School	26	35	9	12.1%	8.7%	( 3.4%)
	Count			Percentage of CPS High School Students
	1994	2002	Increase/ (Decrease)	1994	2002	Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
High School Students Attending Their Neighborhood School	30	27	(3)	63.8%	35.5%	( 28.3%)
High School Students Attending a Magnet School	4	30	26	8.5%	39.5%	31.0%
High School Students Attending Another School	13	19	6	27.7%	25.0%	( 2.7%)

Note: This table includes only students enrolled in CPS. We do not have reliable information about enrollment in nonpublic Chicago schools. Also, enrollment by school type is not available prior to 1994, so we could not make a 10-year comparison.