The next Powered by Action orientation meeting is being held on Sunday, August 22nd from 1-3PM CT.
During this session, we will provide an overview of the organization as well as opportunit...
Chicago/Chicago Heights
- Illinois high school graduation rates: 52% Af Am. / 60% Hispanic / 83% Caucasian and Asian
- Chicago college graduation rate 35%within 6 years / Chicago Heights graduation rate is 17%
- Those with a B.S. degree earn 73% more than those with only a high school diploma (same period worked)
- Lifetime earnings: $1 million dollars high school vs. $2.5 million for college graduate
- Better ACT scores in Chicago-land correlate with higher real estate values (as much as $100,000 for each ACT score above 22)
| Community Impact | Total | This Month | Jobs | Community Members | New This Month | Total |
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| nextGeneration Villages | 200 | 20 | 50 | Individuals | 10 | 192 |
| cleanWater Villages | 250 | 24 | 40 | Companies/Institutions | 2 | 17 |
| schoolPromise Villages | 150 | 27 | 42 | |||
| healthWorks Villages | 234 | 13 | 32 | |||
| youthHaven Villages | 544 | 56 | 84 | |||
| NOTE: All numbers are purely illustrative. These figures will be updated as the data arrives. | ||||||
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