No other public [school] in the country has done this

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<p>A website called pureparents dot org has this take on it:</p>

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More funky numbers from Urban Prep: 100% of 62%?</p>

<p>February 17th, 2011</p>

<p>It’s back…. another heaping serving of Urban Prep urban myth.</p>

<p>Tim King’s Urban Prep Charter High School in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood is touting its second year of 100% college acceptance – PERFECT! as the Chicago Tribune web headline crows. “Golden again,” according to the print edition headline. ”We believe…in another 100%” says King’s e-mail announcement.</p>

<p>Last year, PURE took a little closer look at the numbers and found that only 64% of the school’s original 166 freshmen actually graduated, well below the district’s already dismal 70% rate.</p>

<p>The same is true of this year’s senior class. According to Urban Prep’s 2010 state report card, last year there were 121 juniors enrolled in the school.</p>

<p>Although King’s announcement doesn’t mention real numbers, the Tribune is saying that the senior class — this 100% college-going class — has 104 students.</p>

<p>So, between last year and this year, this class lost 14% of its students.</p>

<p>Make 100% success sound kind of funky, doesn’t it?

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