Our Impact: A Record of Success
Breakthrough raises academic achievement levels, facilitates access to the best high schools, and guides students steadily along the path to higher education.
How do students' skills improve?
Across middle school, Breakthrough Philadelphia students show significant increases in proficiency levels in math and reading on standardized test scores. These scores play a key role in students' eligibility for enrollment in the city's top high schools.
Where do Breakthrough students attend high school?
90% |
of Breakthrough Philadelphia middle school students gain competitive slots in the city's selective, college-preparatory high schools. These schools graduate approximately 96% of their students and send the majority to college.
How many students graduate from high school?
92% |
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of students in Breakthrough Philadelphia students graduate from high school in four years. This compares with 57% for the school district as a whole. |
How many students go straight to college?
86% |
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of Breakthrough Philadelphia students enroll in college right after high school. This compares with approximately 15% overall of students in the School District of Philadelphia. |
Where do Breakthrough students attend college?
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bowie State University
Cabrini College
Camden County College
Central Pennsylvania Community College
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
College for Creative Studies
College of New Jersey
Community College of Philadelphia
Delaware County Community College
Delaware Technical and CC - Stanton/Wilmington
Devry University - Ft. Washington
Drexel University
Feather River College
Howard University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Kean University
Kutztown University
La Salle University
Lincoln Technical School
Lincoln University
Long Island University
Mansfield University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College
Neumann University
Peirce College
Pennsylvania State University
Philadelphia University
Providence College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Saint Joseph's University
Shippensburg University
St. Johns University
Strayer University-Washington
Temple University
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
West Chester University
Widener University
"As a public school teacher,
I wish I could emulate the scope and intensity your after school program affords, but there is just no substitute for small group sizes and the individual student attention it allows."
Valerie Van Pham, M.Ed., NBCT
World Art Teacher
Hill Freedman Middle School





