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Kids Can’t Read: Chicago Public Schools
Only 29 in every 100 Chicago students can read at grade level.
Is your child one of them?
Find out how your neighborhood school is performing.
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Chicago Public Schools is failing its students.
CPS students can’t read or do math at grade level…
Only 29%
of all students are
proficient in READING
Only 29% of all students are proficient in READING
Only 18% of all students are proficient in MATH
Only 18% of all students are proficient in MATH
Proficiency
by Race
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Reading
60%
21%
24%
58%
Math
49%
9%
14%
54%
Proficiency
by Race
Reading
Math
White
60%
49%
Black
21%
9%
Hispanic
24%
14%
Asian
58%
54%
…yet district officials push students from grade to grade…
Reading Proficiency
by Grade
Grade 3
21%
Grade 4
26%
Grade 5
27%
Grade 6
35%
Grade 7
33%
Grade 8
39%
Reading Proficiency
by Grade
Grade 3
21%
Grade 4
26%
Grade 5
27%
Grade 6
35%
Grade 7
33%
Grade 8
39%
…and graduate a majority of students, most of which don’t have the
skills they need to succeed…
81% of students
graduate despite…
81% of students graduate despite…
just 22%
being proficient in reading
just 19%
being proficient in math
just 22% being proficient in reading and 19% being proficient in math
…while telling Chicago parents that most CPS teachers and schools
are highly rated…
93% of teachers are rated “excellent or proficient”
70% of schools are rated “exemplary” or “commendable”
…all while district spending continues to rise as enrollment falls.
All-in Spending per Student
Student Enrollment
Source: Illinois State Board of Education
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