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Matt EmersonMay 14, 2014

The School of Education (SOE) at Loyola Marymount University (the Jesuit university of Los Angeles) has released a new study that provides encouraging news about the value of Catholic education. From the official press release:

The study, conducted by SOE's Center for Catholic Education, followed a group of nearly 600 students who entered Los Angeles Archdiocesan high schools in 2008 with tuition assistance from the Catholic Education Foundation. Researchers found that 100 percent of those students, who came from families living at or below the poverty line, graduated high school and 96 percent were accepted into either two- or four-year colleges.

By comparison, the high school graduation rate in the same year was 79 percent for California public school students and 67 percent for Los Angeles Unified School District students. Comparable college acceptance and attendance data for public and charter schools are not available.

View the full report here.

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