Facts
Class of 2010 outcomes
Enrollment Type: | Percent: |
4-year college | 47.0% |
| 2-year college | 35.0% |
| Military | 4.0% |
| Employment | 6.0% |
| Spring enrolled | 2.0% |
| Other | 6.0% |
Total Outcomes as of September 2010
Overall, Young Scholars LPP students have a 94 percent graduation rate from high school. Of the 11 cohorts of graduates, 81 percent earned a New York State Advanced Regents or Regents Diploma. Since 2005, 97 percent of Young Scholars LPP graduates have enrolled in institutions of higher learning.
11-Year Summary of |
471 High School Seniors, Class of 1999-Class of 2010 |
Enrollment Type: | Percent: |
| 4-year college | 56.1% |
| 2-year college | 26.2% |
| Military | 1.9% |
| Employment | 8.7% |
| Other | 7.0% |
Young Scholars efforts have had encouraging results with a 94 percent graduation rate from the last eleven years of graduating classes. Since 2005, 97 percent of the YSLPP high school graduates have enrolled in institutions of higher learning. Eighty-seven percent of Young Scholars received Regents or Advanced Regents Diplomas as opposed to Proctor High School's 69 percent and New York State's 81 percent in 2009.
YSLPP Demographics
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The demographics of the YSLPP are reflective of Utica itself. Students in grades 7 and 8 attend either James H. Donovan Middle School or John F. Kennedy Middle School, while students in grades 9-12 attend T.R. Proctor High School. The ethnicity of the 349 YSLPP students includes African-American, Hispanic/Latin, Asian, Native American, White/Non-Hispanic, including recent immigrants from Bosnia, Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, Myanmar and the Sudan.Teaching about diversity is easy since the YSLPP lives it everyday.
- 55 percent of Young Scholars are female
- 45 percent of Young Scholars are male
- 87 percent of Young Scholars are from minority or refugee populations
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