About Us Envision Schools was founded in June 2002 as a 501(c)(3) charter school management organization to bring high quality college preparatory education to communities with the greatest need, with the goal of sending all the organization's students to college. Envision Schools targets underserved urban youth, particularly those who are first in their families to attend college, in communities of color and neighborhoods served by underperforming public schools. Each Envision School is academically rigorous and integrates art and technology across the curriculum to instill the critical thinking and creative skills necessary for students to be successful in college and beyond. Today, Envision Schools operates four schools in the Bay Area – two in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one in Hayward.
Snapshot 2009-2010
Total number of Envision Schools Students: 1200
Total number of Envision Schools: 4
City Arts & Technology High School, San Francisco, grades 9-12 Metropolitan Arts & Technology High School, San Francisco, grades 9-12 Envision Academy of Arts & Technology, Oakland, grades 9-12 Impact Academy of Arts & Technology, Hayward, grade 9-11 Student Profile: African-American - 30%
American Indian - 1% Asian - 8% Caucasian - 13%
Latino - 31%
Declined to State - 17%
First Generation College Bound- 55% Eligble for the Federal Free or Reduced Lunch Program- 60% Eligible for Special Education Program- 14%
Faculty: 90% Certified 24:1 Student-to-teacher ratio Our faculty includes graduates from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Williams, UC Berkeley, and other highly-ranked national and international universities.
Our Schools' Results
100% of Envision graduates complete the required course sequence for UC/CSU eligibility. Statewide, 25% of African-American and Latino high school graduates complete the UC/CSU required course sequence.
More than 93% of Envision graduates (94% of the Class of 2009, 95% of the Class of 2008, and 90% of the Class of 2007) are attending either a 2- or 4-year college, compared with 40% of all California high school graduates.
84% of Envision seniors from the Class of 2009 were accepted to a 4-year college.
Of our graduates in 2009, 80% were UC/CSU eligible. Among those who were the first in their families to attend college, 75% were eligible. Statewide, only 14% of high school graduates are eligible for entrance into the UC systemand only 29% into the CSU system. (Eligibility for UC/CSU admission is based on completing the required courses and a sliding index of GPA and SAT scores.)
Our graduates have been accepted to Stanford, NYU, USC, University of Pennsylvania UCLA, UC Davis, University of Michigan, Wake Forest, and other prestigious colleges.
On the state barometer of school performance, the Academic Performance Index, our San Francisco schools earned the highest API growth in the city in consecutive years, 2006 and 2007.
Our pass rates on the California High School Exit Exam - 84% in English and 78% in Math - surpass the state English and Math pass rates and the district English pass rate.
City Arts & Tech was honored by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the 12 exemplary charter schools in California.
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) conferred six-year accreditation, the best possible result and a rarity among first-time charter applicants, to both Envision schools that have thus far been eligible to apply.
