Civitas Competitors

LEARN Charter School Network is a 501 (c)3 nationally recognized Network of high-performing college prep elementary public charter schools. The mission of LEARN is to provide children with the academic foundation and ambition to earn a college degree. Inherent in LEARN’s mission is an unwavering commitment to serve Chicagoland’s underserved communities by providing families with an excellent tuition-free elementary education option in neighborhoods where high-quality schools are scarce. LEARN focuses on elementary education because we believe that the ambition and academic foundation for college must be sown and cultivated early in a child’s academic career. The success of our alum has proven this - 95% of our alum matriculate to college prep high schools and 93% attend 4 or 2-year colleges. Please visit www.learncharter.org for more information.

KIPP St. Louis Public Schools is an open-enrollment, public, tuition-free charter school network of six schools with more than 2,400 preK-12 students across the city of St. Louis. Together with our families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare our students to pursue any path they choose—college, career, and beyond— so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. KIPP St. Louis currently serves 1,300 students and at full growth, we will serve nearly 2,600 students and hundreds of alumni. Today, our St. Louis network is comprised of two middle schools, two elementary schools, and a high school that opened in summer 2017: KIPP Inspire Academy, founded in 2009 KIPP Victory Academy, founded in 2014 KIPP Triumph Academy, founded in 2015 KIPP Wisdom Academy, founded in 2015 KIPP St. Louis High School, founded in 2017 UPCOMING: KIPP Wonder Academy, to be founded in 2019 KIPP St. Louis’ mission is to serve as a catalyst for education reform by establishing and supporting a world-class network of public schools that develop in all of our students the knowledge, skills, character, and pursuit of excellence necessary to succeed in high-quality high schools and colleges and the world beyond.

Wayside Schools is a network of free public schools in Southeast Austin. We believe that ALL children deserve access to a college-preparatory education to prepare them for success in college & beyond! Wayside Schools has five schools located on three campuses: -Wayside: Eden Park Academy: Serves PreK-4-5th grade -Wayside: REAL Learning Academy: Serves PreK4-5th grade -Wayside: Altamira Academy: Serves PreK4-5th grade -Wayside: Sci-Tech Middle School: Serves 6th - 8th grade -Wayside: Sci-Tech High School: Serves 9th - 12th grade