Roosevelt High is struggling to change its image as the school of last resort in Albany Park. Special programs and after-school activities help, say students and teachers. But Von Steuben Metro, a magnet school that sits just blocks away, and other North Side selective schools continue to siphon off some of the neighborhood’s top students.
| Where students are going | |
| Roosevelt |
48%
|
| Lane Tech |
10%
|
| Von Steuben Metro |
8%
|
| Amundsen |
7%
|
| Lake View |
4%
|
| Northside College Prep |
3%
|
| Other |
20%
|
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SOURCE: Consortium on Chicago School Research, May 2006 |
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Head-to-head with Von Steuben
|
Roosevelt
|
Von Steuben
|
|
| Enrollment |
1,628
|
1,479
|
| Graduation rate |
57%
|
79%
|
| Dropout rate* |
32%
|
15%
|
| Attendance |
80%
|
90%
|
| Mobility |
30%
|
9%
|
| ACT (composite) |
15.1
|
20.5
|
| Poverty rate |
95%
|
56%
|
| Bilingual |
21%
|
1%
|
| White |
8%
|
24%
|
| Hispanic |
71%
|
25%
|
| African American |
10%
|
31%
|
| Other ethnicity |
11%
|
20%
|
|
* Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2006 measure |
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