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	1,714	957	(757)	68.7%	63.6%	( 5.1%)
Elementary Students Attending a Magnet School	249	164	(85)	10.0%	10.9%	0.9%
Elementary Students Attending Another School	533	383	(150)	21.4%	25.5%	4.1%
	Count			Percentage of CPS High School Students
	1994	2002	Increase/ (Decrease)	1994	2002	Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
High School Students Attending Their Neighborhood School	221	166	(55)	31.8%	31.1%	( 0.7%)
High School Students Attending a Magnet School	35	84	49	5.0%	15.7%	10.7%
High School Students Attending Another School	440	284	(156)	63.2%	53.2%	( 10.0%)

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.