Recent Results
No nonprofit in Chicago matches the breadth and depth of our work helping students stay in school.
During the 2023-24 school year:
Communities In Schools of Chicago supported
students at
Chicago Public Schools
Our Partnership Program successfully connected
services and programs to schools, through partnership with
community partners
Our Intensive Program embedded a CIS team member, a Student Supports Manager, at
schools to provide intensive support to
students who needed extra help with their attendance, behavior, grades, or social and emotional skills
percent of students who received intensive supports graduated or were promoted to the next grade
Major Impact
When we say that we help students come to school, stay in school, and graduate, it’s with a great deal of confidence.
CIS’ Partnership Program, our whole-school approach, positively impacts students’ math and reading. In a two-year randomized control trial study, our Partnership Program had a statistically significant impact on math and reading proficiency scores (which are leading indicators for high school graduation). These results were validated in 2021 by UChicago’s Education Lab.
CIS’ Intensive Program, our individual-student approach, propels students on the path to graduation. Of the more than 8,000 students CIS has provided case-managed services to since 2009, fewer than 1% of students have dropped out in the year that CIS worked with them. In addition, research from 2021 shows that CIS’ case-managed elementary students increased their attendance by 3-4 days and case-managed high school students increased their attendance by 4-7 days (compared to similar peers).
