City Year seeks to provide the right interventions to the right students at the right time through attendance monitoring, behavioral support, tutoring in math and English. City Year also provides after-school and extended day programming to influence a positive climate of high expectations in school and community engagement.
More than one million students give up on school each year. 50 percent of those dropouts come from just 12 percent of schools. City Year AmeriCorps members serve where the need is greatest. Of the 238 schools we serve, three quarters are among the lowest performing 5 percent in their state
City Year San Antonio serves high-need, low income students who are at risk of academic failure. In addition, to our school-based service, our corps members make a positive impact in communities throughout the city by completing transformational neighborhood improvement projects that transform communities.
Students who progress to 10th grade with their peers are four times more likely to graduate than students who fall behind.City Year's Long-Term Impact goal is to ensure 80% of the students in the schools City Year serves reach 10th grade on track and on time, serving the majority of at-risk students in the locations where City Year serves. City Year focuses on the communities where the dropout challenge is most concentrated, ultimately serving 2/3rds of the nation's dropouts.
