Another Year for the Books.
2018 ANNUAL REPORT
For SOAR students, experts routinely point out that gaps in supports and opportunities eventually lead to gaps in achievements and outcomes. Quality afterschool programs like SOAR help narrow the income-achievement gap in math, improve academic and behavioral outcomes and reduce school absences. Moreover, we know that the support system provided by SOAR serves as motivation for success in life.
SOAR 2018-2019
SOAR Stats.
1,066
OUTSIDE VOLUNTEER HOURS GIVEN TO SOAR
153
SOAR STUDENTS ATTENDED CAMP WAR EAGLE
1,542.5
VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR SOAR STUDENTS
134,889
STUDENT HOURS AT SOAR
SOAR STUDENTS
ATTEND BETWEEN 8-10 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL
Attendance matters.
The data suggests that the service that SOAR provides for families allows for greater stability and school attendance. Families may be less likely to move and more likely to ensure that their children attend schools when they have the support of the SOAR family.
2018-2019 GH-SOAR Attendance
168.2 days present out of 178
0.95 attendance rate
2018-2019 Springdale-School Enrollment
177.5 days continuously enrolled out of 178 days
2018-2019 non-SOAR Students Enrollment
165.1 enrolled days out of 178 days
SOAR ACADEMICS
SOAR impacts MAP scores.
In the 2018-2019 school year, 2nd graders at Jones Elementary and Parson Hills Elementary who did not attend SOAR ranked below the national average in growth in Math MAP testing while students from these same schools who were a part of SOAR achieved growth in their math scores that exceeded the national average. (Non-SOAR: 43rd percentile, SOAR: 63rd percentile)
2018-2019 Fall to Spring Math Growth on K-2 MAP testing: 61% of SOAR students met projected growth, which is higher than the average growth for all Grace Hill students, which was 55%.