Our Impact &
Annual Report
Our Impact
Students
Teachers
Volunteers
173 Denver Public and Englewood Middle School Students
180 High School students
96% Qualified for free or reduced lunch
93% Students of Color
73% Will be the first generation in their family to continue on to higher education
30 Accepted Teaching Fellow Positions
83% Pursuing Careers in Education
10% Returning Teachers
26% Breakthrough Student Alumni
73% Identified as People of Color
198 Total Volunteers
87 Summer & School Year Volunteers
43 Career Day Professionals
15 Student Board Members
28 Advisory Board Members
In 2021, 95% Breakthrough seniors graduated high school
In 2021, 88% Breakthrough graduates are pursuing a college degree
In 2021, 83% Graduating Teaching Fellows are pursuing careers in education
2021 – 2022 impact stats
Hear from our alumni Teaching Fellows about how their Breakthrough experience impacted their careers in education.
2021 – 2022 Annual Report
“Breakthrough cultivates leadership by throwing us out there and you bring your talent. It can be wow, but it’s a good wow. Cause you are actually seeing ‘okay this is what I have’ and I am going somewhere with my leadership skills. Breakthrough helped me see that I can lead or engage a crowd. Students don’t always have the resources that they need and Breakthrough really shows them that you can be something other than what your current circumstance is. You can reach that goal and you are smarter than what people think you aren’t. Breakthrough pushes them to go that extra mile or extra route.”
Chaunell Thomas
Graduate, Prairie View A&M University
Breakthrough Teaching Fellow 2022
