Geneva 2020 Geneva, NY cradle to career HWS Colleges Western NY Service-Learning Coalition Katie Flowers Amy Jackson Sellers

1. Geneva 2020: Collective Impact
Supporting Geneva’s Youth
Unlocking Impact:
Keys to Successful
Partnerships Conference
March 1, 2019

6. Collective Impact: Data is the key

7. Geneva 2020: Roadmap to success

8. Geneva City School District, BY THE NUMBERS
 In 2017, the Geneva City School District was ranked in the
top 3 percent of the most diverse school districts in New York
State.* The Geneva City School District is considered a
minority majority school district. *Ranked by Niche.com
 Over the past four years, the District has welcomed a 5
percent increase in the enrollment of Hispanic students.
 To respond to the student needs with changing
demographics, Geneva City Schools have added 3.5 English
as a New Language teachers and created a Dual Language
Immersion program to increase literacy in English and
students’ home languages.
 The school district and the community have seen an increase
in students who are displaced due to a variety of reasons.
These students (averaging 64 students increase per year)
qualify for services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act.

11. The lofty goals of true
equity in student success:
 90% of students at grade
level in ELA in 3rd and 6th
grades.
 90% of students at
proficient in Algebra by
the end of 9th grade.
 90% graduation rate in
all groups in the district.

12. Outcome no. 1: Literacy Success

14. Outcome no. 2: STEAM Success

15. Outcome no. 3: Graduation Rate

16. Key findings:
 Among the 1,173 ranked colleges
that submitted data to U.S. News
in an annual survey, the average
freshman retention rate for
students entering in the fall
between 2012 and 2015 was 78
percent.
 82 percent of Geneva City School
graduates persisted after their
freshman year and returned for
their sophomore year.
 According to a Bureau of Labor
Statistics, just 65.9 percent of
people who had graduated from
high school the previous spring
had enrolled in college. Geneva
students enroll at a rate of 66
percent which is nearly the same
as the national rate.

18. HWS: Anchor entity of
Geneva 2020 and proud to
host all Geneva 2nd, 6th, and
9th graders for a campus visit
every year.

19. Which students would
you give up on?
Geneva 2020 is helping the
community rally around every child.
Because we refuse to choose!

20. Geneva2020.org

21. Geneva: A community coming
together to support its youth