2008 At-A-Glance
• To date, A Better Chance has placed more than 12,000 middle and junior high school students in some of our nation’s finest college preparatory schools, both public and private
• More than 96% of A Better Chance graduating seniors immediately enroll in college
• One-third of A Better Chance Scholars come from families receiving welfare or who are living at or below the federal poverty line
• 65% of A Better Chance Scholars come from single-parent families
• More than 4,500 volunteers nationwide contribute their time and energy to identifying academically able children who can benefit from the A Better Chance experience
• The 312 member schools of A Better Chance are distributed among 29 states
• A Better Chance alumni currently reside in all 50 states
• An estimated $20+ million of financial aid is leveraged at the high school level annually
| Current Students |
|
Gender |
|
| African American |
65%
|
Male |
40%
|
| Hispanic/Latino |
20%
|
Female |
60%
|
| Asian American |
6%
|
|
|
| Native American |
1%
|
|
|
| Multiracial & Other |
3%
|
|
|
| Member Schools |
#
|
Enrollment 2008-09 |
| Independent Day Schools |
176
|
1,075
|
|
Independent Boarding Schools
|
110
|
640
|
| Community School Programs |
28
|
181
|
| |
|
|
| Totals |
314
|
1,896
|
| Student Placement |
|
| Total Applied |
1,916
|
| Total Accepted |
663
|
| Total Placed |
544
|
| Alumni/Graduates, 1963-2008 |
12,018
|
