The RISE Network’s mission is to ensure all RISE high school students graduate with a plan and the skills and confidence to achieve college and career success. Founded in 2015 in partnership with educators, RISE collaborates with public schools and districts to lead regional networks where school communities work together to use data to learn and improve. School partners collaborate to ensure all students experience success as they transition to, through, and beyond high school by using data to pinpoint needs, form hypotheses, and pursue change ideas to advance student achievement. Through our founding and most comprehensive network, we partner with eight high schools across seven school districts, serving over 13,000 students. We’ve grown over the past decade, and during the 2025-26 school year, we partnered with 60 schools across seven states. Through our work, we focus on closing opportunity gaps, and the majority of RISE students identify as Black, Latine, and/or from low-income backgrounds.

RISE high schools have achieved double-digit gains improving Grade 9 on-track achievement, four-year-high school graduation rates, and student identification of postsecondary plans, while also decreasing subgroup gaps across all indicators. In 2021, the RISE Network was honored to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s annual Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement recognition.