Boston public school grads exceed charter-school peers: Graduates of Hub’s public schools exceed peers at charter schools

The Boston Globe reports:

Graduates of city-run high schools in Boston are having better success completing college than their peers from charter schools, according to a new report.

Fifty percent of students who graduated from Boston public high schools in 2007 and enrolled in college had earned a degree or another kind of postsecondary credential within six years, according to the report by the Boston Opportunity Agenda, a partnership between the city and philanthropic organizations.

By contrast, 42 percent of 2007 graduates from Boston charter schools had completed their postsecondary schooling within six years.

The report, released Friday, marks the first time the organization included data for educational institutions that operate independently of the city’s school system. It provides a unique opportunity to assess how the school system stacks up against the independently run charter schools and parochial schools in several areas. (The parochial schools did not provide data on college completion rates.)

Boston’s school system did not compare as favorably on other key barometers, lagging behind, for instance, on third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates.

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