YES Prep Public Schools Wins Inaugural Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

• YES Prep outperformed other large urban CMOs and the national average in SAT participation and scores. In 2011, 89 percent of Hispanic seniors in YES Prep Public Schools took the SAT compared with The Broad Prize-eligible CMO average of 65 percent. African-American students in YES Prep schools achieved a higher average SAT combined score for reading, writing and mathematics-1556-than any other eligible CMO. The national SAT average for African-American students is 1273.

For more information on YES Prep's student outcomes, the school system and its educational model, visit: http://www.broadprize.org/publiccharterschools/2012.html.