Middle/HS Students: ESP!: Facts

• Fewer than 50% of foster youth will graduate from high school compared to 86% of all American students
• Estimated 13% of foster youth will begin college compared to 50% of all American students
• Only 1 to 5% of foster youth will graduate with a bachelors degree compared to a quarter of all American students

*Statistics from: Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care work Group with the Finance Project (2004). Connected by 25: A plan for investing in successful futures for foster youth