Our students face serious barriers to success in school when they enter Open Meadow:
- 98% are under-skilled, behind in credits, and under- or unemployed
- 77% are low income
- 10% are teen parents
Our students’ accomplishments in 2008-09 speak for themselves:
• 92% overall attendance rate.
• 92% of Open Meadow middle and high school students were still in school at the end of the school year, retention rates that speak very highly regarding Open Meadow’s ability to engage high risk youth.
• 19 middle school students were promoted from the eighth grade.
• 24 high school and CRUE students received their high school diploma.
• 90% of graduates passed a college class prior to high school graduation.
• 86% of graduates transitioned to post-secondary education and/or employment.