A new online tool paints perhaps the most comprehensive picture to date of how children in each Chicago community are faring, tracking how they’re doing before they enter school to whether young adults graduate from high school and find jobs.
By clicking around the “Youth Opportunity Dashboard,” one can see that in Albany Park on the North Side, about 45% of children age 5 and under live in poverty; some 46% of elementary school children are on track with grades and attendance; 87% of students in area high schools graduate; and about 81% of 16- to 24-year olds have jobs.
