Delivering Value

CEP is committed to adding value to the communities we serve. By helping our school district partners create safe schools and academic success for students who are at-risk of dropping out, CEP is helping to prepare students for productive work after they graduate from high school.

Because of the success of CEP schools, and the impact its results are having on communities, elected officials and other community leaders can more easily promote their communities as desirable places to live and work.

Research* shows that successful high school graduates:

  • Earn on average $164,500 more than a high school dropout, over their lifetime
  • Have reduced lifetime health costs of $40,500
  • Have $26,600 less in lifetime crime-related costs
  • Have a 40% lower probability of receiving public assistance
  • Have a 19% lower probability of receiving food stamps.

* "The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for America's Children," Levin, Columbia Teachers College, 2/2007

Beechnut School
Houston, TX

CEP partnership programs have a solid record of improving grade promotion and graduation rates.
 

CEP outperforms the competition because CEP students achieve the greatest learning gains in math and reading.
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