YES Los Angeles - Flipbook - Page 3
85%
of Scholars are from
households living below
the national poverty level
90%
90%
of Scholars are the first
in their families to
attend college
of Scholars qualify for
free to reduced lunch
YES Los Angeles Scholars reside in 60 zip
codes across Greater Los Angeles, and are
identified in the 6th grade from Title I
public middle schools in underresourced
communities, including:
Boyle Heights
Inglewood
Mid-City
DTLA/McArthur Park
South Los Angeles
Lennox
Mar Vista
East Los Angeles
Hawthorne
Watts
YES is headquartered in
Lennox, a unincorporated area
of Inglewood, where only 3% of
adults have a college degree.
30%
of college
students are
food insecure
63%
of college students
are in precarious
housing situations
36%
of low-income
college students
persist into their
second year of
college
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