SUCCESS ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS ON 2024 NYS REGENTS EXAMS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:
Jessica Siegel
516.458.1331
[email protected]

Taylor Fleming
631.662.4841
[email protected]

SUCCESS ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS ON 2024 NYS REGENTS EXAMS

The charter network’s 7th and 8th graders – again – outperform the City and State high school students based on state’s latest data

New York, NY, July 8, 2024 – The results are in and Success Academy middle schoolers achieved outstanding results on the 2024 New York State Regents Exams, besting 2023 results of nearly 200,000 New York high schoolers who typically take the Regents in 10th and 11th grade.

99.7% of Success Academy’s students passed the Algebra I exam and 98.4% passed the English Regents exam; 95.6% passed the Global History II exam; and 94.4% passed the Living Environment exam. In English, nearly half of Success’s students scored a level 5, the highest possible score. These scores are based on the state standard.

2,400 Success Academy 7th and 8th grade scholars – 56% of whom are Black, 31% Hispanic and 74% economically disadvantaged – took the exams in June. Typically these exams are administered to high school students.

“I’m so proud of our scholars and their families, and of course our educators, for working hard every day to achieve outstanding results,” said Eva Moskowitz, Founder and CEO of Success Academy, “I’m always inspired by our educators – their passion for excellence is ensuring our kids are among the best prepared students in the nation for college and beyond.”

Based on the most up to date state data, this year’s Success Academy scores outperformed 2023 results of city and state high school students by over 30%. Currently, students in New York must pass the Regents in order to graduate high school. However, New York’s State Education Department continues to advocate for the elimination of the Regents exam as a graduation requirement. At a time when school districts across the country are lowering standards, inflating grades, and limiting opportunities, Success Academy continues to prove what is possible in public education.

The most recent Regents scores from NYS Department of Education for NYS & NYC can be found here: Downloads | NYSED Data Site.

About Success Academy
Since 2006, Success Academy has created a national model of K–12 access to excellence for children across all demographics. The majority of our 20,000+ students are children of color from low-income households in disadvantaged neighborhoods admitted to our 57 schools through a random public lottery. To date, 100% of our graduates have been accepted to college, many to highly selective institutions. Our distinctive K–12 approach, designed as a holistic 13-year educational trajectory, producing student outcomes that outpace even those in affluent suburban schools. We regularly share our curriculum and methods with educators and school leaders across the country.

For more information about Success Academy, go to successacademies.org.