Results
Rocketship Results
We believe that all children have potential and that great public schools unleash that potential.
But the quality of public education in our country today still depends on where you live and how much money your parents earn. We are building a movement to create equal access to opportunity for all. We still have a long way to go to realize our vision, but the progress we are making is transformational.
Stanford Study Finds Rocketeers Receive 5-7 Additional Months of Learning
A June 2023 Stanford CREDO study of over 3 million public school students found students at public charter schools outperform traditional public school students. And the study highlighted Rocketship Public Schools as one of the charter sector’s “gap busting” networks that are providing empirical proof that high-quality public education is possible anywhere. The study found that our Rocketeers gained the equivalent of 96 additional days of learning in reading and 138 additional days of learning in math. That is equivalent to five to seven months of additional learning in a single school year.
Record Growth Since the Pandemic
Last school year, Rocketeers made the largest fall-to-spring gains in both math and reading since 2021. In the 2024-25 school year, our Rocketeers gained the equivalent of: 81 additional days of learning in reading 40 additional days of learning in math These gains do not reflect any additional days in school.
Rocketship Educators Reflect the Communities We Serve
Research shows that when students see role models in their classrooms who understand their backgrounds and experiences, they are more engaged in school and more likely to succeed. Yet across the country, the teaching profession has not always kept pace with the changing demographics of America’s students.
At Rocketship, our educators reflect the communities we serve. 80% of our educators share the cultural and community experiences of our families, ensuring students see themselves reflected in the adults guiding their learning.
Study Finds Rocketship Graduates a Year Ahead of Peers
When we launched Rocketship, we decided to focus exclusively on elementary school. We believed that if we helped our Rocketeers build a solid foundation in those early years, they would thrive in middle school, high school, and beyond. But there’s no doubt that middle school is one of the most challenging transitions in a student’s academic journey. To examine how our Rocketeer alumni perform in middle school, we engaged SRI International, an independent nonprofit research center, to conduct a three-year study on the performance of our Rocketeer graduates. The study followed nearly 2,000 students in seven San Jose middle schools with high concentrations of Rocketship graduates. SRI rigorously investigated academic performance, social and emotional skills, and student confidence navigating the middle school transition. The study found that Rocketeers are a year ahead of their classmates in math and reading after the first and second years of middle school. Learn more here.
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