City Year Los Angeles Applauds LAUSD Gains Under Superintendent Carvalho’s Leadership

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October 23, 2025

City Year Los Angeles Applauds LAUSD Gains Under Superintendent Carvalho's Leadership

Strategic partnership focuses on district's highest-need schools to accelerate student success

Los Angeles, CA - October 23,2025 - City Year Los Angeles today celebrated the progress highlighted in the Los Angeles Unified School District's latest report on student achievement and school improvement. The district's record-high performance across English Language Arts, Math, and Science reflects the bold leadership of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, whose focus on equity and targeted investment has guided LAUSD's commitment to its highest-need campuses.

As part of that strategy, LAUSD directed City Year Los Angeles to focus its AmeriCorps service in the district's Top 100 Priority Schools, ensuring that students most impacted by opportunity gaps receive daily academic and social-emotional support. City Year's 150 AmeriCorps members now serve full-time across 19 LAUSD schools, working alongside teachers and administrators to help students stay on track to graduate.

One example of this long-term collaboration is Thomas Jefferson High School, where City Year has been embedded for more than a decade. During that time, graduation rates rose from 61% to 82%, with more than 1,000 students receiving individual and small-group support to strengthen their academic and interpersonal skills alongside City Year Los Angeles mentors.

Through sustained partnership and alignment with LAUSD's vision, Jefferson continues to demonstrate the power of consistent support in driving student engagement, attendance, and achievement.

The district's most recent data confirm this momentum: Priority Schools, where City Year is concentrated, are driving some of the strongest gains in student outcomes districtwide.

Superintendent Carvalho shared:

"When LAUSD partners with City Year, we're not just plugging in support - we're igniting transformation. These AmeriCorps leaders walk alongside our students day after day, helping us close gaps, restore belief, and accelerate learning across our schools. The

progress we see now proves that when the district, partners, and community unite behind purpose, we aren't merely recovering - we are reimagining possibility."

City Year Los Angeles Interim Executive Director Shawn Silver added:

"We're deeply proud to align our service with Superintendent Carvalho's vision for equity and excellence. Focusing our corps members in LAUSD's Top 100 Priority Schools allows us to be where we're needed most - helping to strengthen school communities, inspire students, and create pathways to success."

Together, LAUSD and City Year Los Angeles remain committed to ensuring every student has the support, resources, and belief they need to thrive - in school and beyond.

About City Year

Since 2007, City Year Los Angeles, a proud AmeriCorps program, has been working to create conditions that enable young people to reach their full potential, build leadership skills, and contribute to vibrant communities through national service. Research shows the more time a student spends with a City Year AmeriCorps member serving as a student success coach, the better the student outcomes-academically, interpersonally and in terms of attendance. Currently, City Year Los Angeles serves 25 partner schools, supporting more than 15,000 students through holistic, whole-school support. Learn more about City Year Los Angeles: https://www.cityyear.org, Instagramand LinkedIn.

Media Contact:

Athena Martinez, [email protected], (323) 439-4951

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