Employment Report For the Class of 2007 Based on Illinois Department of Employment Security Data For Without Disabilities of Analysis of Qrts. All 12,799 5,663 44.2% 8,767 68.5% 2.86 $4,990 1.58 3,893 44.4% $10,171 Enrolled in Colleges in Other States 1,310 139 10.6% 714 54.5% 1.99 $2,294 1.28 73 10.2% $5,688 Enrolled in Illinois Colleges 6,226 2,826 45.4% 4,422 71% 2.87 $4,607 1.57 2,020 45.7% $9,167 Not Enrolled in College 5,263 2,698 51.3% 3,631 69% 3.01 $6,671 1.65 1,800 49.6% $11,536 who DID NOT Pick 'Employment' on SEQ or No Information 4,878 2,482 50.9% 3,343 68.5% 3.01 $6,513 1.65 1,660 49.7% $11,405 who Picked 'Employment' as a Primary Plan on SEQ 385 216 56.1% 288 74.8% 3.03 $8,369 1.65 140 48.6% $12,449 Office of High Schools and High School Programs, Chicago Public Schools Page 1 of 5
Employment Report For the Class of 2007 Based on Illinois Employment Security Data By Demographic and Academic Groups ( Without Disabilities ) For Enrolled in Illinois Colleges of Analysis of Percent Qrts. All students 6,226 2,826 45.4% 4,422 71% 2.87 $4,607 1.57 2,020 45.7% $9,167 Males 2,334 1,027 44% 1,635 70.1% 2.87 $5,051 1.55 748 45.7% $9,655 Females 3,892 1,799 46.2% 2,787 71.6% 2.88 $4,394 1.58 1,272 45.6% $8,794 Asian 588 208 35.4% 322 54.8% 2.81 $3,669 1.43 148 46% $7,764 Black 2,977 1,239 41.6% 2,115 71% 2.72 $3,774 1.58 820 38.8% $8,485 Latino 1,802 937 52% 1,335 74.1% 3.05 $6,374 1.58 718 53.8% $10,234 Native American 14 6 42.9% 9 64.3% 3.22 $6,439 1.33 5 55.6% $8,466 White 845 436 51.6% 641 75.9% 3.03 $5,763 1.59 329 51.3% $9,543 GPA less than 2.0 647 347 53.6% 489 75.6% 3.01 $5,317 1.82 237 48.5% $8,833 GPA 2.0 to 2.4 979 481 49.1% 724 74% 2.87 $4,532 1.62 324 44.8% $9,053 GPA 2.5 to 2.9 1,224 597 48.8% 902 73.7% 2.92 $4,961 1.57 426 47.2% $9,124 GPA 3.0 to 3.4 1,165 530 45.5% 838 71.9% 2.94 $5,164 1.48 406 48.4% $10,093 GPA 3.5 or higher 1,649 616 37.4% 1,071 64.9% 2.76 $4,074 1.46 461 43% $8,477 CTE program completers 1,349 632 46.8% 988 73.2% 2.89 $4,989 1.53 454 46% $9,315 Office of High Schools and High School Programs, Chicago Public Schools Page 2 of 5
Employment Report For the Class of 2007 Based on Illinois Employment Security Data By Demographic and Academic Groups ( Without Disabilities ) For Not Enrolled in College of Analysis of Explanatory notes are located at the end of the report. Only graduates with valid SSN on Student Information System (SI) or IMPACT (about 88% graduates) are included in the reports. Percent Qrts. All students 5,263 2,698 51.3% 3,631 69% 3.01 $6,671 1.65 1,800 49.6% $11,536 Males 2,223 1,169 52.6% 1,556 70% 3.05 $7,566 1.67 803 51.6% $13,081 Females 3,040 1,529 50.3% 2,075 68.3% 2.97 $6,111 1.63 997 48% $10,550 Asian 136 57 41.9% 82 60.3% 2.95 $5,881 1.62 38 46.3% $11,837 Black 2,979 1,404 47.1% 1,979 66.4% 2.87 $5,380 1.61 866 43.8% $10,187 Latino 1,775 1,042 58.7% 1,303 73.4% 3.21 $8,928 1.72 753 57.8% $13,081 Native American 5 1 20% 1 20% 2 $8,885 3 0 0% White 368 194 52.7% 266 72.3% 3.05 $7,668 1.57 143 53.8% $12,338 GPA less than 2.0 1,440 764 53.1% 1,020 70.8% 2.99 $6,349 1.68 487 47.7% $11,948 GPA 2.0 to 2.4 1,180 633 53.6% 828 70.2% 3.04 $7,007 1.65 416 50.2% $11,899 GPA 2.5 to 2.9 877 471 53.7% 620 70.7% 3.11 $7,608 1.62 328 52.9% $11,285 GPA 3.0 to 3.4 510 250 49% 342 67.1% 3.11 $8,174 1.55 194 56.7% $10,943 GPA 3.5 or higher 393 148 37.7% 241 61.3% 2.81 $5,285 1.46 106 44% $11,379 CTE program completers 1,109 574 51.8% 776 70% 3.09 $7,184 1.59 403 51.9% $11,115 Office of High Schools and High School Programs, Chicago Public Schools Page 3 of 5
How to Read the CPS Illinois Employment Reports Based on the Illinois Department of Employment Security Data Through a partnership with the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the team has obtained Illinois employment records for 2007 CPS graduates. included in these reports Only graduates with valid SSN on Student Information System (SI) or IMPACT (about 88% of graduates) are included in the reports. In addition, students who indicated that they have enlisted for Military Services on the Senior Exit Questionnaire (SEQ) have been excluded from the analysis. of charter and alternative schools are included in all of the 3 reports: All (N=124) students: This report includes all students who graduated from CPS by fall of 2007 and had a valid SSN on SI or IMPACT. with disabilities: This report includes students who graduated from CPS by fall of 2007, had a valid SSN on SI or IMPACT and who have a disability code or 504 plan on SI or IMPACT. without disabilities: This report includes students who graduated from CPS by fall of 2007, had a valid SSN on SI or IMPACT and who do NOT have a disability code or 504 plan on SI or IMPACT. Groups of students reported Using the National Clearinghouse data (NSC) of college enrollment, students in the report were separated into 4 major groups and 2 subgroups. Employment information is reported on each of the following groups: All Enrolled in Illinois Colleges includes students who, according to NSC, were enrolled in an Illinois college as of November 1, 2007. Enrolled in Colleges in Other States includes students who, according to NSC, were enrolled in college in states other than Illinois as of November 1, 2007. Not Enrolled in College includes students who, according to NSC, were NOT enrolled in college as of November 1, 2007. - who DID NOT pick Employment on SEQ or Missing SEQ Information includes students who are NOT enrolled in college and DID NOT pick Employment as their primary postsecondary plan on the SEQ. - who Picked Employment as a Primary Plan on SEQ includes students who are NOT enrolled in college and PICKED Employment as their primary postsecondary plan on SEQ. Demographic and academic groups Gender and race/ethnicity groups: We used the information from SI to place students into their respective gender and racial/ethnicity groups. GPA groups: We used a number of spring semester course files and matched the data to each graduate. A number of students in the missing GPA group are charter school students. Source: CPS semester course files. CTE program completers: Any graduate who has enrolled and passed all three course levels in the same program during grades 9 th through 12 th is in this category. Data and definition were provided by the office of Career and Technical Education. Office of High Schools and High School Programs, Chicago Public Schools Page 4 of 5
How to Read the CPS Illinois Employment Reports Based on the Illinois Department of Employment Security Data Statistics on the reports Oct. 1, 07 Jan. 1, 08 - For the purposes of comparability to national data, the employment rate in the fall after graduating from high school is calculated. This includes students employed at some point October 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008. Oct.1, 07 Oct. 1, 08 - All of the analysis is done on students who were employed within one year after graduating from high school (i.e. employed at some point October 1, 2007 and October 1, 2008). Four Continuous employed for four continuous quarters i.e. Q4 (Oct.-Dec.) of 2007 and Q1 (Jan.-Mar.), Q2 (Apr.-Jun.), Q3 (Jul.-Sept.) of 2008 are included in this statistic. Rather than average wages, median wages are reported. wages can be easily obscured by outliers in the data such as unusually high wages that are not representative of the sample, whereas median wages more accurately represent the sample. Also, this is in line with national data where median wages are reported. is a middle observation of the ordered data set (ex. 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 median=4, average=4.8). Office of High Schools and High School Programs, Chicago Public Schools Page 5 of 5