Chicago’s Most Marginalized Students Least Likely To Get Into CPS Elite Schools

11/07/2024 14 min
Chicago’s Most Marginalized Students Least Likely To Get Into CPS Elite Schools

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Episode Synopsis

A student’s elementary school is a key predictor of who gets into an elite, test-in high school, WBEZ found. Students from mostly low-income and Black neighborhood schools rarely get into these high schools. New WBEZ data analysis demonstrates the barriers to enrollment at these elite schools.

Reset gets the breakdown from a WBEZ education reporter.

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