{"id":23580,"date":"2023-11-28T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/?p=23580"},"modified":"2025-05-23T20:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:17:26","slug":"23-schools-strong-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/en\/latest-news\/blog\/23-schools-strong-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Schools Strong in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, we officially cut the ribbon on our 23rd school, Rocketship Explore Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas. Through our model and vision of community investment, this beautiful, vibrant campus replaced an abandoned building in east Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2023 school year across our now 23 schools, we are honored to serve more than 11,000 Rocketeers each day.\u00a0Throughout the course of 16 years, we have served more than 30,000 students and their families. Every single Rocketeer who walks through our doors receives a personalized education with individualized support &#8211; both academically and social emotionally &#8211; to help them defy the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/10\/23\/upshot\/sat-inequality.html\">destiny of demographics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And it\u2019s working. A June 2023 Stanford CREDO study of over 3 million public school students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/major-new-stanford-study-highlights-gap-busting-public-charter-schools\/\">highlighted Rocketship Public Schools<\/a> as one of the charter sector\u2019s &#8220;gap busting&#8221; networks that are providing empirical proof that high-quality public education is possible anywhere.\u00a0The study found that our Rocketeers gained the equivalent of five to seven months in reading and math of additional learning in a single school year.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Over the past 16 years, we have truly raised all Rocketeers\u2019 achievements and unleashed thousands upon thousands of Rocketeers\u2019 potential. Throughout our history, we\u2019ve learned a lot and continued to push ourselves to grow and innovate. We will not stop until every single Rocketeer, their family, our educators, and all of our communities can thrive.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Together, we are <i>all<\/i> unleashing potential.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1I1A2168-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, we officially cut the ribbon on our 23rd school, Rocketship Explore Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas. 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