Educational inequalities between children with and without migration background are well-documented for the early stages of the German educational system, especially the transition from primary to secondary education. Such inequalities are closely linked to differences in children's social origin and school performance. At the same time, educational aspirations of children from migrant families are often higher than those of children without migration background. For later stages of education, little is known about migration-related inequalities in Germany. In our empirical analysis we investigate differences in social origin, school performance, and educational aspirations of school leavers with and without migration background who successfully earned a higher education entrance certificate. Our results show that even within this highly selective group of pupils migration-related patterns of inequality resemble those found for earlier stages of education. However, there are also considerable differences within the group of school leavers from migrant families.