College Readiness in the United Way Service Area

The Institute for Urban Policy Research serves as the research partner for the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' United 2020 initiatiave. United 2020 established broad, community-wide goals in the areas of Income, Health, and Education for North Texas, and IUPR provides year to year assessments to track change and inform grantmaking priorities.

Using an in-depth analysis of a variety of education data, this baseline study finds that in 2010 roughly 54% of the region's public and charter school graduates graduated college-ready by state standards. Significant geographic and demographic variation was observed.