In 2011-12, we serve 1,900 students through our core high school program. Students currently in the program report an average family income of less than $25,000. The average GPA of our students is 3.0, and 91 percent are students of color.
The racial and ethnic demographics are as follows:
28% Hmong
20% African-American
14% African Immigrant
13% Latino/a
9% White
9% Biracial/Multiracial/Other
6% Asian (Non-Hmong)
1% American Indian/Alaska Native
College Possible recruits low-income students unlikely to obtain admission to a four-year college without our help. For the current seniors in our program, the average baseline ACT score as juniors (before receiving our services) was 15, which places the students in the bottom 10th - 15th percentile of all ACT test-takers.