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JA Worldwide® Statistics
For the 2008-2009 Program Year

International information will be available 2/10

JA STUDENTS and SCHOOLS

  • Aggregate number of JA students last year – 4,098,366 *
  • Total number of JA students since 1919 – more than 87 million*
  • Number of JA elementary schools: 14,891*
  • Number of JA middle grades schools: 2,354*
  • Number of JA high schools: 3,606*
  • Number of JA non-school sites: 2,128*
  • Total number of JA "hosts" (includes non-school sites hosting JA programs): 22,979*
  • Number of JA classes: 182,811 *

* U.S. offices only

MARKET PENETRATION

  • Percent of national market penetration in at elementary school level – 10.6% *
  • Percent of national market penetration at middle grades level - 6.4% *
  • Percent of national market penetration at high school level - 2.9% *
  • OVERALL MARKET SHARE IN FRANCHISED AREAS AT ALL LEVELS = 7.6% *

* U.S. offices only

FUNDRAISING/FINANCIAL

  • Junior Achievement revenues (organization-wide) - Approximately $266 million
  • JA Headquarters and Service Center annual budget - $32 million

BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS

  • Number of JA Worldwide board members: 59
  • Number of US board members: 16
  • Number of board members organization-wide: Approximately 5,000 (major office boards only)
  • Number of volunteers: 172,124 *

* U.S. offices only

JA AREA OFFICES/EMPLOYEES

  • Number of Major JA Area Offices – 131 *
  • Number of Satellite operations – 86 *
  • Number of JA nations worldwide – 119
  • Number of Employees (organization-wide) – Approximately 3,275
  • Number of Employees (Worldwide HQ) – Approximately 100

IMPACT BY PROGRAM

  • Number of students impacted by available JA programs:

* U.S. offices only

ELEMENTARY (2,927,323) *
Ourselves (379,468) * Our Families (465,675) * Our Community
 (531,364) *
Our City (480,096) *
Our Region (377,715) * Our Nation
(347,313) *
JA BizTown
(211,599) *
JA More than Money
(92,659) *
Local R&D and Job Shadow
(28,196) *
     
MIDDLE GRADES (634,317) *
JA Finance Park (81,251) * JA Global Marketplace
(156,142) *
JA Economics
for Success

(217,960) *
JA It's My Business!
(52,955)
*
JA America Works
(59,276) *
Local R&D and Job Shadow
(62,643) *
   
HIGH SCHOOL (536,726) *
JA Company Program
(17,055) *
JA Economics (59,817) * JA Success Skills
(83,337) *
JA Titan
(34,385) *
JA Careers with a Purpose
(39,192) *
JA Business Ethics
(14,174) *
Junior Achievement
Presents: The NEFE
High School Financial Planning Program

(73,852) *
JA Banks in Action
(7,049) *
JA Be Entrepreneurial
(9,362) *
JA Job Shadow
(22,016) *
Local R&D
(111,469) *
 
POST SECONDARY (44,865)
Graduate Program (18,980) FOME
(29,897)
Local R&D (45,896)  

 

Other Demographic Information (nationwide results):

Student Ethnicity


Percent

American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.6% *
Asian 4.5% *
Black (not of Hispanic Origin) 20.4% *
Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander 0.04% *
Hispanic 20.3% *
White (not of Hispanic Origin) 54.1% *
 
Students by School Neighborhood Type

Percent

Rural 9.2% *
Suburban 37.9% *
Unclassified 17.9% *
Urban 35.2% *
   
Volunteer Gender

Percent

Male 34.3%
Female 65.7%
Volunteers by School Level

Number

Percent

Elementary School 131,998 * 77.5% *
Middle Grades 18,983 * 10.7% *
High School 16,342 * 9.2% *
Mixed 10,594 * 6.0% *

 

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