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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.

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Outcomes

Game-Changing

Reshaping

Postsecondary Enrollment

Leveling Up

High School Rankings

Transforming

College Persistence

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Hope is

Real

Scholars are not just enrolling at high rates,

they are staying enrolled

and on the way to graduation. 

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A Big Bet, A Unique Approach - And It’s Paying Off.

  • 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. 

  • With +1500 in Chicagoland and +950 downstate so far, Hope Scholars are enrolling and contributing to higher education institutions all over Illinois.

  • Parent are motivated to succeed. 70% of Hope Parent Scholars remain enrolled after one year compared to 45% of adult students nationally. 

  • 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

“Too many graduates ended up leaving college acceptance letters on their kitchen tables, opting for safer but ultimately more limiting choices...

…We need opportunities like Hope Chicago in every neighborhood. All students deserve access to options after high school, not just those in certain schools and certain neighborhoods.”

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