The 2023/2024 school year marks year 8 for Park City Education Foundation's Bright Futures Park City initiative.
Here's a look at the program strictly by the numbers.
Bright Futures 2023/2024* Overview:
- Year 8 for Bright Futures Park City
- 29 New Bright Futures Students
- 145 Current BF Students
BF Current Distribution:
- 65 BF College Students
- 80 BF High School Students
- 8 College Graduates!
BF's Astounding Success Rates:
- 98% matriculation rate straight from high school
- (compared to 52% nationwide average for first generation students battling income inequality)
- 85% of college students progressing toward graduation
- (compared to an 11% nationwide college graduation rate)
- 53 college students are receiving the $1,000/year Bright Futures scholarship
- (first cohorts received $2500/year)
- Must maintain 3.0 GPA in high school and 2.5 GPA in college
Current BF Cohorts - PCHS Graduating Class
- PCHS Class of 2019: 5 students graduated college/4 students progressing in college
- PCHS Class of 2020: 2 students graduated college/10 students progressing in college
- PCHS Class of 2021: 1 student graduated college/16 students progressing in college
- PCHS Class of 2022: 11 students progressing in college
- PCHS Class of 2023: 24 students/23 in college/1 gap year
- PCHS Class of 2024: 23 students
- PCHS Class of 2025: 29 students
PCHS Class of 2026: 29 students
*As of January 2024