ABOUT OUR RECORD OF SUCCESS:
Student Sponsor Partners has been helping at-risk young people graduate from high school since 1986. Our model of giving each student access to a quality non-public education and the guidance of a four-year mentor is proven; below are some facts that speak to SSP's record of success.
An SSP student is three times more likely to graduate from high school than one who attends his/her local NYC public high school.
Graduation rates at the NYC public high schools that SSP students would otherwise attend range between 20% and 30%. Among SSP's class of 2009, the graduation rate was 90%.
SSP students go to college.
95% of SSP's class of 2009 went on to college. This compares to a rate of approximately 50% among New York City's public high school graduates.
SSP students receive millions of dollars in college scholarships and grants.
The class of 2009 financed their college education through over $25 million in scholarships and grants. Graduates included a recipient of the New York Times Scholarship, a Gates Millenium Scholar, and two POSSE Foundation Scholarship recipients.
Student Sponsor Partners has been helping at-risk young people graduate from high school since 1986. Our model of giving each student access to a quality non-public education and the guidance of a four-year mentor is proven; below are some facts that speak to SSP's record of success.
An SSP student is three times more likely to graduate from high school than one who attends his/her local NYC public high school.
Graduation rates at the NYC public high schools that SSP students would otherwise attend range between 20% and 30%. Among SSP's class of 2009, the graduation rate was 90%.
SSP students go to college.
95% of SSP's class of 2009 went on to college. This compares to a rate of approximately 50% among New York City's public high school graduates.
SSP students receive millions of dollars in college scholarships and grants.
The class of 2009 financed their college education through over $25 million in scholarships and grants. Graduates included a recipient of the New York Times Scholarship, a Gates Millenium Scholar, and two POSSE Foundation Scholarship recipients.
The class of 2010 has also been successful in garnering scholarships and grants to finance their college educations. Sixty percent of the 276 graduates received scholarships averaging $40,000 per year. Over the next four years of college, the SSP 2010 graduating class will have earned scholarship money totaling $26 million.
The number of students served by SSP has grown significantly.
In 1986, the organization started with 45 students and 45 Sponsors at two schools. Today, over 1,600 Sponsors support and mentor over 1,300 students at 26 schools.
SSP success has led to significant program expansion.
SSP's model has also been replicated in many other communities around the nation and world, including Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C. and Johannesburg, South Africa.
SSP students grow up to become Sponsors.
To date, over fifty SSP alumni have returned to SSP to mentor students themselves.
The number of students served by SSP has grown significantly.
In 1986, the organization started with 45 students and 45 Sponsors at two schools. Today, over 1,600 Sponsors support and mentor over 1,300 students at 26 schools.
SSP success has led to significant program expansion.
SSP's model has also been replicated in many other communities around the nation and world, including Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C. and Johannesburg, South Africa.
SSP students grow up to become Sponsors.
To date, over fifty SSP alumni have returned to SSP to mentor students themselves.
