Only 37% of Black Males in Chicago Public Schools Graduate High School

ABC TV Chicago reports:

A new report out Friday points to what it calls a disturbing reality.

African American males in Chicago Public Schools have half the chance at graduation as their white classmates.

The Chicago school district enrolls more black males than any other district in the country except for New York City. And yet, a new report suggests that the school system and neighborhoods are failing these young men.

While the numbers of those heading off to college are slowly increasing, only little more than a third of African American males finish high school.


"Fifty years after Brown (v. Board of Education), less than 50 percent of African-American males are graduating high school," said John Jackson, President Schott Foundation.

Young black men are having a harder time graduating high school than their white counterparts, according to a national study released Friday by the Schott Foundation.

2005-2006 School Year Graduation Rates in Chicago

Black males - 37%
White males - 62%

Source: Schott Foundation

In the 2005-2006 school year, the Chicago school district graduated only 37 percent of the total number of black males enrolled versus 62 percent of white males.

While the numbers are similar to other large urban centers, they are quite unfavorable when compared to Prince George's County in Maryland, for example, which includes the Washington, D.C. area. There, for that same year, nearly the same number of black and white male students graduated.

Great moments in public education.Maybe,this is why Barack Obama doesn't want to send his kids to the Chicago Public schools.Congratulations is due to Mayor Daley and the rest of the Democratic Party for those high property taxes which produce such an impressive result.