Our Students
We serve young people who have struggled academically and who have significant socio-emotional needs.
At our public charter schools:
- Over 50 percent of our high school students have repeated a grade, have a history of chronic truancy or suspension/expulsion, and have been incarcerated or are in the foster care system;
- Nearly 30 percent of our students have special needs, which is twice the average for public charter schools in Washington, D.C.;
- 75 percent of our high school students are at least three grade levels behind academically; and
- 85 percent of our students have experienced trauma.
At the Maya Angelou Academy:
- Young men arrive, on average, at the age of 17 with only three high school credits, and functioning at the fifth grade level.
- 50 percent of the young men have been identified with special needs; and
- 10Â percent labeled mentally retarded.