By Sarah Favot

About 1 in 4 LA Unified graduates in the Class of 2016 enrolled in a four-year college or university, lagging behind the national average, according to an analysis of data on college enrollment for the district.

Twenty-seven percent of LAUSD graduates in the Class of 2016 enrolled in a four-year college immediately after high school graduation, the same as in 2015, according to the data analysis from the National Student Clearinghouse obtained by LA School Report. Thirty-six percent of the students who graduated in 2016 attended two-year colleges, a decline of two percentage points from 2015.

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