The Challenge

Only 11% of first generation, low income students will make it to college, yet college graduates make $1MM more in their lifetime than non-graduates¹. 

DTS operates within the Los Angeles Unified School District, an extremely diverse population with one of the highest concentrations of low income and minority students in the state.  More than 80% of LAUSD students live at or below the poverty line.

Students who are economically disadvantaged have proficiency rates 30 percentage points lower in both English and Math: 

Since 2005, Determined to Succeed (DTS) has been helping families break the generational cycle of poverty through access to and success in higher education.  

¹ http://www.pellinstitute.org/downloads/fact_sheets-6-Year_DAR_for_Students_Post-Secondary_Institution_121411.pdf

2 https://achieve.lausd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=4466&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=70093&PageID=1