Hope is Real
Four years in, Hope Chicago families are challenging assumptions and raising expectations. Their success points the way to a Chicago and Illinois where we deliver opportunity for all.
Outcomes
Game-Changing
Reshaping
Postsecondary Enrollment
Leveling Up
High School Rankings
Transforming
College Persistence
Read the report to see how…
Hope is
Scholars are not just enrolling at high rates,
they are staying enrolled
and on the way to graduation.
A Big Bet, A Unique Approach - And It’s Paying Off.
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Before Hope Chicago, all our partner high schools ranked in the bottom half for college enrollment amongst Illinois’ nearly 700 public high schools.
Today, they are all in the upper quartile.
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With +1500 in Chicagoland and +950 downstate so far, Hope Scholars are enrolling and contributing to higher education institutions all over Illinois.
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Parent are motivated to succeed. 70% of Hope Parent Scholars remain enrolled after one year compared to 45% of adult students nationally.
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140 debt-free programs have already been completed, with another 500 projected to complete programs over the next two school years.
Significant economic and social ROI on the horizon for Chicago, Illinois.
Hope is Real Highlights
No more
Dreams
Deferred
Juan Carlos Ocon, Principal of Benito Juárez Community Academy