DEMAND
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25%
Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate among the nation's 10 largest cities - 25% of residents fall below the poverty line
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71%
71% of CSFP scholarship recipients are eligible for free or reduced school lunch
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63%
Philadelphia's public high schools have an on-time graduation rate of 63%, compared to 85% nationally
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8,000
ApplicationsEach year, CSFP receives thousands of applications for its 2,000 new scholarships
Impact
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98 %
of CSFP alumni, who leave our program in 8th grade, graduate high school prepared and on time
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70 %
of CSFP Alumni enroll in some form of post-secondary education within one year following their high school graduation
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Awarded Over 28500
ScholarshipsCSFP has awarded over 28,500 scholarships to date, and will serve more than 5,000 children attending 160+ area schools this school year
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CSFP annual evaluations demonstrate that its students achieve, at or above grade level, in math and reading on standardized tests