Communities In Schools
Keeping students in school through integrated support inside US public schools
Our editorial assessment
Communities In Schools tackles the dropout crisis with a simple, evidence-informed model: it embeds coordinators inside schools to identify students at risk of dropping out and connect them with the specific support they need, whether that is food, mental-health services, tutoring, or mentoring. Independent evaluations have linked the model to improved attendance and graduation. Charity Navigator awards its national office a four-star rating with a perfect accountability and finance score, and roughly 81% of spending reaches programmes. It suits donors focused on keeping vulnerable US students on track to graduate.
The problem they're solving
Students drop out of school for reasons that often have little to do with academics — hunger, instability, or lack of support at home. By placing a coordinator inside the school to remove those barriers, Communities In Schools helps at-risk students stay enrolled and graduate, a milestone strongly tied to lifelong outcomes.
About Communities In Schools
Communities In Schools places coordinators inside US public schools to connect at-risk students with resources — from food and counselling to mentoring — that help them stay in school and graduate.
Where your dollar goes
What your donation could do
Your $100 connects at-risk students with support that keeps them in school.
Illustrative estimate based on figures this organisation publishes about its own programs — not a statement from the charity itself. Actual impact varies by program and year.
What donors say about Communities In Schools
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How this score was produced
The Charity Ranking score is our own editorial assessment, produced with a weighted rubric covering program spending, transparency and governance, evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and leadership. It draws on publicly available reports from independent evaluators such as GiveWell, Charity Navigator, and CharityWatch, but it is not a rating issued or endorsed by any of those organisations. The community rating shown above is a separate signal contributed by signed-in donors; it is displayed alongside our criteria but never feeds into the editorial score. Read the full methodology →