The Results Despite serving severely impoverished students, Christel House achieves impressive results, with its students often outperforming national and regional counterparts spanning all income groups. In the 2017-2018 school year, Christel House schools averaged 96% daily K-12 attendance, with 96% year-to-year retention, and 93% cumulative retention20 99% of Christel House secondary students passed graduation exams. Out of 965 College & Careers participants, 92% are continuing their studies or working (in or out of the home - Figure 5).
Christel House Graduate Outcomes
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Figure 5: Christel House K-12 graduate College & Career (C&C) outcomes, based on most recent activities of active C&C graduates.
Christel House India Only about 4% of students from government schools in India graduate from university. 95% of CHB graduates matriculate into tertiary education, and they have a 91% persistence rate, with only 9% not completing their studies once they have started. Overall, 91% of the College & Career participants are either continuing education, employed, or both. Graduates who have completed