1. Attendance and Drop-out Rates

Central Park East Secondary School:
Central Park East Secondary School attendance rate, 1988-89: 91%
New York City Public Schools official attendance rate, 1988-89: 79%

Central Park East Secondary School drop-out rate, 1988-89: 0%
New York City Public Schools official drop out rate, 1988-89: 26.8%

Hope High School:
Hope Essential School attendance rate, 1986-88: 87%
Hope “regular” High School attendance rate, 1988-89: 78%

Hope Essential School drop-out rate, 1987-88: 9%
City of Providence official drop-out rate, 1987-88: 44.9%

Thayer High School:
Thayer Essential School drop-out rate, 1988-89: 1.5%
Thayer High School drop-out rate (pre-Essential status, 1981): 10%

Westbury High School:
Westbury Essential School attendance rate, 1988-89: 96%
Westbury “regular” High School attendance rate, 1988-89: 91%

2. Academic Performance

Thayer High School:
1986 (pre-Essential status) California Achievement Test Scores, grades 7-10: 49th percentile
1988 California Achievement Test Scores, grades 7-10: 58th percentile

Westbury High School:
Westbury Essential School: 82% of ninth graders passed TEAMS tests
Westbury “regular” High School: 61% of ninth graders passed TEAMS tests

University Heights High School:
In 1989, only 33% of incoming college freshmen in New York possessed a reading level qualifying then to take college classes. After completing the first stage of the University Heights Essential Program, 77% of University Heights students’ reading level qualified them to take college classes.

3. Discipline

Pleasure Ridge Park High School:
Pleasure Ridge Park Essential School discipline referrals, 1986-87: Pleasure Ridge Park Essential School students comprised 20% of the junior class and generated only 14% of junior class disciplinary referrals to assistant principal’s office.

Westbury High School:
Westbury Essential School discipline referrals, 1988-89: WES students comprised 14.5% of school population and generated only 3.75% of overall disciplinary referrals to assistant principal.

4. Pursuit of Higher Education

Hope High School:
Hope Essential graduates, 1988-89: 90% went on to higher education Hope “regular” High School graduates, 1988-89: 45% went on to higher education

Thayer High School:
Thayer Essential School graduates, 1988-89: 55% went on to higher education in 1988-89
Thayer High School graduates (pre-Essential status, 1981): 10% went on to higher education

Walbrook High School:
Walbrook Essential School graduates, 1988-89: about 50% went on to higher education

City of Baltimore School System graduates, 1988-89: 11.1% went on to higher education