In the 2009-2010 school year, we are serving more than 1,800 low-income girls in five all-girls public schools (four in New York City and one in Philadelphia).

All TYWLS received exemplary ratings in 2008-2009 on the accountability measures of The New York City Department of Education.

Our flagship school TYWLS of East Harlem is in the top 4% of New York City high schools (New York Post, August 23, 2009).

TYWLS at Rhodes is the only comprehensive high school in Philadelphia to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the Federal No Child Left Behind Act. Rhodes has been transformed from a “failing” school to a “turnaround” school since joining YWLN in 2002.

Each of the nine graduating classes at TYWLS of East Harlem have a 100% college acceptance rate.

92% of the first three graduating classes in Philadelphia have been accepted to college.

The average annual “free” financial aid package for the Class of 2009 was $24,000 in East Harlem and $16,400 in Philadelphia. Aid from private four-year colleges was up to $56,000.

We track our alumnae and 80% are still in or have graduated from college versus the national average of low-income students who attend college: 24%.

At all of TYWLS in New York City, our 7th and 8th grade girls outperformed their peers at other schools in the city on standardized Math and English tests in 2008-2009.

A record number of TYWLS of East Harlem students took Advanced Placement exams and received Rewarding Achievement (REACH) awards totaling $14,000 for college.

In 2008-2009 school year, we educated 1,483 girls in grades 6-12. Demographics of students: 96% eligible for free and reduced lunch; 57% Black American, 29% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% Caucasian, and 1% other.

The Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women opened August 2009 as a YWLN affiliate school.

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