In New York City, the disparity in college degree attainment between high-income background students and low-income background students is vast. New York City is the largest school district in the country, serving 1.1 million students–including over 300,000 high school students in more than 400 high schools, but only 24% of Black 9th graders and 24% of Latinx 9th graders in New York City attain an associate’s or bachelor’s degree within six years of high school graduation. This is not for lack of ambition or talent, but for lack of support.
2025-26 Partners
18
Current Students*
2,350
Year Established
2014
*Includes 400 students in a pilot program
I would recommend OneGoal for the same reasons I chose it in the first place: it builds capacity for postsecondary success using schools' existing resources, leveraging the expertise that already exists in the school community, and supporting and deepening pre-existing relationships between students and staff.
We have closed the enrollment gap and made meaningful progress toward closing the graduation gap. In New York, 87% of OneGoal high school graduates enroll in a postsecondary institution and 76% of those persist in their education one year after high school graduation.
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