Tacoma and Student Achievement

Mission

To inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school and provide scholarships, mentoring and support to help them enter and graduate from college and succeed in life.

Goal

Increase the number of low-income students graduating from high school and entering and completing postsecondary education.

http://www.k12.wa.us/ChildNutrition/Reports/ParticipationReport2011.aspx

What Drives our MissionTacoma K-12 Enrollment

2003 20110

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

33,605

29,624

53% 62%

Tacoma Student Population

Tacoma K-12 Enrollment # on Free or Reduced Lunch

College Bound Scholarship

Expected Graduation Year2012

(Graduated Spring 2012)

2013 (Current H.S.

Senior)

2014 (Current H.S.

Junior)

2015 (Current

H.S. Sophomore

)

2016 (Current

H.S. Freshman)

2017(Current 8th grader – have

until June 30, 2012 to apply to College Bound) TOTAL

Number of Estimated Eligible College Bound Students* 1,006 1,101 1,096 829 1,100 1,063 6195

College Bound Students (eligible students who pledged to be College Bound) 673 747 961 1,109 1,367** 771** 5628

% of Total Eligible that are College Bound 67% 68% 88% 100%*** 100%*** 73% 91%

Total number of College Bound Students in Tacoma Public Schools 5,628* Estimated eligible numbers based on FRPL numbers reported to OSPI fall of students’ 7 th grade year**College Bound numbers based on APPLIED application data provided by Washington Student Achievement Council on June 26, 2012*** In certain cases, rates might exceed 100% because more income eligible students sign up by the end of the eighth grade. When rates exceed 100%, we have recoded data to 100%.

ResultsScholarships

Unduplicated count of students awarded scholarships annually as of CSF Data Warehouse 1.1.13.

ResultsScholarships

*1 Tacoma student received 2 bachelor’s degrees. The unduplicated count of bachelor’s degrees is 547 as of CSF Data Warehouse 1.1.13

270 enrolled fall 2012..

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

100

200

300

400

500

600548*

Bachelor's Degrees Earned byTacoma High School Scholarship Recipients

ResultsScholarships

Scholarship disbursement data as of Data Warehouse 1.1.13

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

$30,000,000

$35,000,000

$40,000,000

$29,675,614

$16,630,595

Financial Aid Disbursed to Tacoma High School Students & Tacoma Area Colleges

Tacoma High School Students Tacoma Area Colleges

ResultsHERO Students in Tacoma

Data Sources:• Students who participated in the HERO program in the 10th grade from Foss, Lincoln, Mount Tahoma, Stadium and Wilson high schools and

were expected to graduate high school in 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011 are included. Of these 308 records in CSF Education Edge data system, 197 (64%) were matched with data from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) or National Student Clearinghouse (e.g., college enrollment data) to determine high school graduation status. Since the date of high school graduation is indeterminable for most student records, we compare HERO students to the Extended Graduation Rate to ensure a fair comparison.

• Tacoma School District Extended Graduation Rates for Low-Income Students and All Students from OSPI Graduation and Dropout Statistics, District Level Results, Columns AF (Extended): http://www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/default.aspx (accessed 9/14/12).

2008 2009 2010 20110%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

87%96% 98% 100%

75% 76%69% 67%

78% 78%66% 67%

Tacoma School District High School Graduation Rate

HERO Students (n=197 matched records) Low-Income Students All Students

Expected High School Graduation Year

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ResultsStudents Served 2011-2012

Staff Staff # Schools Students ServedCollege Prep Advisors 4 Foss, Lincoln, Mt. Tahoma,

Stadium, and Wilson383

HERO Advisors 2 Foss, Lincoln, Mt. Tacoma, Wilson, and First Creek MS

211

AmeriCorps Coaches 4 First Creek, Baker, Jason Lee, and Gray Middle Schools

1008

Total Students Served 1602

3434 additional students served via classroom presentations, assemblies and one-on-one supports.

ResultsGraduation Rate of Achievers Scholars

Tacoma Achievers ScholarsClass of 2012

School Graduation Rate of Scholars

Foss 22 (96%)

Lincoln 49 (100%)

Mt. Tahoma 38 (97%)

Stadium 12 (92%)

Wilson 41 (93%)

Total 162 (96%)