15.5 Percentage of Chicago Public Schools high school students who dropped out in 1996-97.
Source: Office of Accountability, Chicago Public Schools
4.8 Percentage of Illinois public high school students, excluding Chicago, who dropped out in 1996-97.
Source: Illinois State Board of Education
19 Percentage of adults in Chicago over 25 who lacked a high school diploma or GED in 1995.
Source: Women Employed (City of Chicago Dept. of Planning and Development)
2.2 Percentage of adults in Chicago without a diploma or GED who took the GED exam in 1996.
Source: Women Employed (Educational Testing Service)
53 Percentage of welfare recipients in Cook County who lacked a high school diploma or GED in 1997.
Source: Women Employed
59 Percentage of people admitted to state prisons nationwide who lacked a high school diploma or GED in 1996.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
34 Percentage of students from Chicago City Colleges prep programs who passed the GED in 1996.
Source: Women Employed (Educational Testing Service)
46 Percentage of 8,795 adults in Chicago who took the GED in 1996 and passed.
Source: Women Employed (Educational Testing Service)
64 Percentage of 32,236 adults in Illinois who took the GED in 1996 and passed.
Source: Women Employed (Educational Testing Service)
42 Rank of Illinois among the 50 states and the District of Columbia for GED pass rate in 1996.
Source: Women Employed (American Council on Education)