Impact of AVID
How do we know AVID works?
First-generation, low-income AVID alumni who go to college are four times more likely to graduate than their national peers:
42% of first-generation, low-income AVID college students graduate with a four-year degree within six years.
11% of peers nationally graduate within the same time frame.
Virginia Students Served in 2018-19
10,711 Elementary and Secondary AVID students
6% Asian
38% Black
26% Hispanic
25% White
5% Multi Racial
1% Other
96% of AVID Virginia seniors completed four-year college entrance requirements.
AVID Virginia seniors are enrolling at more consistent rates between major subgroups than the U.S. population overall:
82% Black
72% Hispanic
71% White
78% Other
77% Mid/high Socio-Economic Status
76% Low Socio-Economic Status
Enrollment at two and four-year college campuses 2017-18
82% took at least one course of rigor
100% graduated from high school
3.3 average GPA
100% applied to four-year college/university
80% accepted
503 Virginia teachers, administrators, and counselors were AVID- trained in 2018-19. AVID has provided educators nationwide with a systematic approach for increasing rigor and engagement within the learning environment to improve the academic performance of not only those students typically underrepresented but all.