Breaking the cycle of poverty by creating small public schools that empower every student to succeed in college.

• The Urban Assembly is a non-profit organization that has created and manages a community of small New York City public schools dedicated to preparing students from under-resourced neighborhoods for success in college.

• The UA’s instructional support, college planning office and professional partnerships provide students with the academic and life skills necessary not just for high school graduation, or even college admission, but for four-year college completion.

• The Urban Assembly comprised just four high schools in 2003 and, working with Chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has grown to 21 middle and high schools, many of which are located in the most underserved areas of The Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Today we serve more than 7,400 students. By 2013, we will be serving over 10,000.
  

Reaching New York City’s Most Underserved Children

• We are reaching into the communities where kids need us most and giving thousands of students the education they deserve. By every measure, our children are among the city’s most underserved.

• 94% of our students are African-American and Latino. 69% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch programs. 70% of 9th graders enter our high schools with scores below city and state proficiency levels in math. 64% are below proficiency in reading. 50% of our students speak a language other than English at home.
  

A Higher Graduation Rate than New York City…and the Nation

• Our schools demonstrate that at risk students can achieve incredible success with the right learning environment, instruction and support. The Urban Assembly’s network-wide graduation rate is 76% — 15 points higher than the New York City average and seven points higher than the national average. Several of our schools have graduation rates above 90%.