DSST Public Schools is the winner of the 2018 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, demonstrating outstanding student achievement across its 13 secondary schools in Denver, Colorado. DSST, which serves 5,300 students—66 percent of whom receive free and reduced-price lunch and 81 percent of whom are students of color—has, for the past 10 years, had 100 percent of its graduates accepted to a four-year college or university.

The two finalists are Achievement First and Uncommon Schools.

Learn more about the 2018 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.

2018 Eligible CMOs
2018 Review Board
2018 Winner Press Release
2018 Top Three Press Release
2018 Video

Success Academy, in its second year eligible, is the winner of the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, demonstrating impressive student achievement even as the network expanded to serve more students. Success, which operates 41 schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, has a student population that is 76 percent low-income and 93 percent African-American or Hispanic. In 2016, all of Success Academy’s elementary and middle schools were in the top 10 percent of schools in New York state for advanced academic performance in English, math and science.

The two finalists are DSST Public Schools of Denver, Colorado and Harmony Public Schools of Texas.

Learn more about the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.

2017 Video: Top Three CMOs
2017 Eligible CMOs
2017 Review Board
2017 Winner Press Release
2017 Top Three Press Release

IDEA Public Schools is a three-time finalist and winner of the 2016 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, demonstrating an impressive record of consistent student achievement. A Texas network of 44 schools throughout Austin, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley, IDEA Public Schools serves a student body that is 90 percent low-income and 95 percent Hispanic. Nearly all of IDEA’s high school seniors take the ACT and graduate on time, and IDEA’s schools consistently perform in the top third of Texas schools.

The two finalists are Success Academy of New York City and YES Prep of Houston.

Learn more about the 2016 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.

2016 Video: Top Three CMOs
2016 Eligible CMOs
2016 Review Board
2016 Winner Press Release
2016 Top Three Press Release

Chicago-based Noble Network is the rare charter management organization that focuses on high school—grades that are considered the most difficult to improve academic achievement. Noble, however, has consistently defied the odds at its 16 high schools and one middle school. Its 10,000 students—95 percent of whom are African American or Hispanic and 89 percent of whom are from low-income families—surpass their peers on state exams and graduate at higher rates.

The two finalists are Achievement First and IDEA Public Schools.

Learn more about the 2015 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

2015 Video: Top Three CMOs
2015 Eligible CMOs
2015 Review Board
2015 Winner Press Release
2015 Top Three Press Release

With 141 schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia, KIPP Schools serves 50,000 students, the great majority of whom come from low-income communities and who are students of color. KIPP closed more than a fifth of its ethnic and income achievement gaps for middle school students and 65 percent of elementary school gaps.

The two finalists are Achievement First and IDEA Public Schools.

Learn more about the 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

2014 Video: Top Three CMOs
2014 Eligible CMOs
2014 Review Board
2014 Winner Press Release
2014 Top Three Press Release

Based in Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York and serving 10,000 students, Uncommon Schools’ low-income and African-American students are outperforming their peers in their home states. Uncommon focuses on intensive training for all teachers—believing every educator can improve to become an excellent teacher—and on developing in-house curricula and teaching methods.

The two finalists are Achievement First and KIPP Foundation.

Learn more about the 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

2013 White Paper
2013 Eligible CMOs
2013 Review Board
2013 Winner Press Release
2013 Top Three Press Release

Houston-based YES Prep serves 9,000 students in 13 schools and sends nearly every single graduating senior to college. The charter organization has also eliminated nearly every income and ethnic achievement gap its students faced.

Learn more about the 2012 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

2012 White Paper
2012 Eligible CMOs
2012 Review Board
2012 Press Release