Transcript Strategies and structure for local educational needs

Strategies and structure for local
educational needs
Katya Nuques
Little Village (South Lawndale)
South West of Chicago
 Population: 79,288
 82% Latino
 47% foreign born
 53% native born
 31% non-citizens.
A very young community!
 30% of the population
under 18 years of age.
10% under the age of 5
(8,000 0-5 children)
Education Facts
 Only 24% of residents hold a high
school diploma.
 Only 10% have any college
experience.
 There are 16 elementary schools
(public) and 5 high schools (1
neighborhood high school and 4
small schools housed in a high
school campus).
Graduation and College Enrollment Rates of Local High Schools
HIGH SCHOOL
Farragut Career
Academy
Infinity Math
Science and
Technology
Multicultural
Academy of
Scholarship
Social Justice
World Language
High School
% FRESHMAN
GRADUATED
WITHIN FIVE
YEARS (2013)
53.4
% FRESHMAN
GRADUATED
WITHIN FIVE
YEARS (2012)
47.6
% FRESHMAN
GRADUATED
WITHIN FIVE
YEARS (2011)
43.2
COLLEGE
COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT
CLASS OF 2012 CLASS OF 2011
38.1
37.6
83.3
81.2
84.4
53
61.4
66.3
57.5
58
45.3
48.8
77
84.2
70.9
62.8
67
69.4
54.2
51.3
46.4
53.8
The role of community-based
organizations
COLLEGEGOING
CULTURE
STRATEGIES
AND
STRUCTURE
RESPOND TO
LOCAL
NEEDS
CRADLE TO
COLLEGE
CAREER
READINESS
STRONG
O&A
ELEMENT,
COALITION
WORK
Supporting Undocumented Students
Quintiliano Rios Perez,
Postsecondary Coordinator-LVLHS Community High School
Support
•2 Locations
•Farragut Career
Academy
•Little Village
Lawndale Campus
•One-on-one.
•Cohort model.
•Workshops/training.
Resources
•Needs:
•Post-secondary
Finances; College
Passport
•Scholarships
•Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals
Resources (continued)
•Scholarships are scarce
•More chances for local,
community-based
scholarships.
•Getting into college vs
Staying in college.