About

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a proven college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll and persist in postsecondary education. Although AVID serves all students, it focuses on the least served students in the academic middle. The formula is simple – raise expectations of students and, with the AVID support system in place, they will rise to the challenge.

AVID is implemented in 4,800 schools in 48 states, the District of Columbia and 16 countries/territories, and serves more than 425,000 students. Schools and districts have taken AVID methodologies and strategies and implemented them schoolwide and districtwide to impact their entire communities and create articulated programs for college success.

What differentiates AVID from other educational reform programs is its astounding success rate. Of the 2011 AVID Seniors reporting, 98.8% graduated and 91% intended to attend a postsecondary institution; 58% in four-year institutions and 33% in two-year institutions.