Reyna: 9th-Grade Average. FAFSA Completion. College Matching. Some Key Measures for Making Sure Students Are on the Right Track.

By Ryan Reyna, The 74 Million

No one’s trajectory in life should come down to a coin flip; but for Black, brown and low-income students at approximately 7,000 high schools across the United States, chances of successfully enrolling in higher education — and opening the doors to economic mobility that come with postsecondary education — are 50 percent or less.