Sector:
Nonprofit
Phone:
(202) 544-3633
Last updated:
November 18, 2009
Contact person:
Gail Williams
Fax:
(202) 544-3644
Mission:
Higher Achievement, founded in 1975, is a non-profit organization that provides year-round academic training for motivated low-income urban middle school students and preparation for top high school placements. The organization has Achievement Centers in the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia and is expanding to Baltimore in 2009. Higher Achievement invests in talent and hard work by delivering over 650 hours annually of rigorous academic training during the most critical time in a child’s development: middle school. The organization has received numerous awards, but the most important measure of success is the results achieved by the Higher Achievement scholars. These results have driven a national growth plan to expand to 10 cities by 2020. Baltimore City is the first planned replication.
