The National League of Cities has released its 2015-16 Reengagement Census. Join Andrew Moore, Director of Youth and Young Adult Connections, and Niels Smith, 2016-17 Heinz Graduate Fellow, to learn more about the study and trends of Reengagement Centers across the country. This year’s summary includes data from 20 different reengagement programs across the country. These programs reported disaggregated data on student demographics, placement, locations, stick rates and more.
The NLC Survey is one of the few multi-state data sets that provide a view of what’s being done in dropout recovery programs. Join the Webinar to learn about what the Reengagement Centers are doing and to compare your success and strategies.
Here’s some of the key survey results for the students served by Reengagement Centers:
- Nationally about 25% students approached actually enroll in a program.
- About 40% of the students are enrolled in an alternative high school program.
- About 66% remain enrolled for 90 or more days. 94% remain enrolled after 30 days.
- About 15% are over 19 years old.
- The reengagement center student population is 44% African-American and 34% Latino.
The NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education & Families serves city leaders seeking to improve outcomes for children and families. Among its services is support of specific reengagement programs with a city base that partner with schools and others to reenroll dropouts. In addition to providing hub services for 20 reengagement centers, the Institute performs an annual survey of these programs to identify successful practices.
Network programs helped more than 10,000 students reenroll, and some 6,500 of those persisted in or completed school once reenrolled. More than 1,100 of the 6,500 graduated, obtained a high school diploma, or received a high school equivalency diploma within the year.
Read the survey and learn more about the Reengagement Network’s accomplishments during the 2015-2016 school year.