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Junior Achievement Statistics
For the 2009-2010 Program Year
JA STUDENTS and SCHOOLS
- Aggregate number of JA students last year 3,913,482
- Total number of JA students since 1919 – more than 75.3 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): 21,398
- Number of JA classes: 173,044
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%
FUNDRAISING/FINANCIAL
- Junior Achievement and JA Worldwide revenues (organization-wide) - Approximately $274 million
- JA Headquarters and Service Center annual budget - $29 million
BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS
- Number of Junior Achievement USA board members: 16
- Number of board members in US: 4,537
- Number of volunteers: 170,543
U.S. offices only
JA AREA OFFICES/EMPLOYEES
- Number of Major JA Area Offices – 131
- Number of Satellite operations – 86
- Number of Employees (organization-wide) – Approximately 1,361
IMPACT BY PROGRAM
- Number of students impacted by available JA programs:
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ELEMENTARY
(2,768,841)
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| Ourselves (368,307) | Our Families (436,195) | Our Community (498,300) | Our City (445,716) |
| Our Region (358,067) | Our Nation (319,255) | JA BizTown (232,334) | JA More than Money (83,255) |
| Local R&D and Job Shadow (27,412) | |||
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MIDDLE
GRADES (630,412)
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| JA Finance Park (110,162) | JA Global Marketplace (145,737) | JA Economics for Success (205,828) | JA It's My Business! (51,801) |
| JA America Works (46,088) | Local R&D and Job Shadow (70,796) | ||
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HIGH SCHOOL
(514,142)
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| JA Company Program (14,299) | JA Economics (48,744) | JA Success Skills (67,533) | JA Titan (31,379) |
| JA Careers with a Purpose (29,397) | JA Business Ethics (15,999) | JA Personal Finance (78,468) | JA Banks in Action (5,266) |
| JA Be Entrepreneurial (13,395) | JA Job Shadow (92,250) | JA Exploring Economics (9,235) |
Local R&D (108,177) |
Other Demographic Information:
| Student Ethnicity |
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| 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% |



