An Educational Talent Search must provide the following services:
The programs are funded to serve students attending Johnson High School in Gainesville, GA and Gilmer High School in Ellijay, GA. The program requires that two-thirds of the participants in a project must be both low-income and potential first-generation students. The remaining one-third must be either low-income, first-generation college students, or students who have a high risk for academic failure.
Program Objective | Gilmer High School | Johnson High School |
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Academic performance of grade point average (GPA) - Percentage of participants served during the project year will have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better based on a four-point scale at the end of the school year. | 69% | 70% |
Academic performance on standardized test - Percentage of seniors served during the project year will have achieved at the proficient level on state assessments in reading/language arts and math. | 44% | 48% |
Secondary school retention and graduation - Percentage or project participants served during the project year will continue in school for the next academic year, at the next grade level, or will have graduated from secondary school with a regular secondary school diploma | 80% | 84% |
Secondary school graduation (rigorous secondary school program of study) - Percentage of all current and prior year participants who graduated from high school during the school year with a regular secondary school diploma will complete a rigorous secondary school program of study. | 43% | 62% |
Postsecondary Enrollment - Percentage of all current and prior participants who graduated from high school during the school year with a regular secondary diploma will enroll in a program of PSE by the fall term immediately following high school graduation, or will have received notification by the fall term immediately following high school from an institution of higher education of acceptance but deferred enrollment until the next academic semester (e.g., spring semester). | 66% | 77% |
Postsecondary Completion - Percentage of participants who enrolled in a program of postsecondary education, by the fall term immediately following high school graduation or by the next academic term (e.g., spring term) as a result of acceptance by deferred enrollment, will attain either an associate’s or bachelor’s degree within six years following graduation from high school. | 49% | 49% |