Ninth Grade Success Grant

The goal of the Ninth Grade Success Grant is to increase the number of 9th grade students with the skills they need to successfully reach 10th grade on-track and on-time. Students who reach 10th grade on-track and on-time are more likely to persist and graduate high school with their peers.   

All grantees are working to implement key components of a Ninth-grade success program that include: 

• Ninth Grade Success Team: Creating a cross-disciplinary success team of ninth grade teachers and support staff that meets regularly to identify and implement individual and group strategies to support ninth grade students. 

• Data System: Implementing a data system that provides real-time access to data concerning a student’s behavior, attendance, and grades and can be disaggregated. 

• Instructional Support: Providing instructional support for ninth grade students including attendance support, content-specific academic interventions, tutoring, course-completion programs, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed instruction; 

• Transition Programs: Based on data for incoming students, implement transition programs and support for school staff to better support 9th grade students.