04 · Impact

Equity & impact

Disaggregated by gender, sponsorship status, grade band, and campus.

All systems healthy
Arusha · Silverleaf Academy
Disaggregation

By gender

Network · 1,247 learners

Female
611 · 49%
Male
636 · 51%
Network parity index: 0.98 · Target: 1.00 by 2028.
Disaggregation

By sponsorship

Sponsored vs fee-paying

Sponsored
511 · 41%
Fee-paying
736 · 59%
Sponsored retention +1.8 pp above fee-paying. Strongest signal for donor ROI.
Disaggregation

By grade band

Pre-primary through upper primary

  • Pre-Primary444
    retention 97.8%
  • Lower Primary (P1–P3)526
    retention 96.1%
  • Upper Primary (P4–P7)277
    retention 94.6%
Equity vs outcomes

Are we serving everyone well?

Mean outcome score (literacy + numeracy / 2) per cohort, per campus.

Sponsored and fee-paying cohorts are within ±2 points of each other at every campus. This is the strongest single piece of evidence that the Silverleaf model is equitable in outcomes, not just in access.

What stands out

Observations

Auto-generated · reviewed by MEL Lead

  • Sponsored learners outperform on retention by +1.8pp
    Sponsored cohort retention 97.2% vs fee-paying 95.4%. Suggests scholarship pipeline + family wraparound supports are working — re-affirm to philanthropic partners.
  • Gender parity holding at 49% F / 51% M
    Network-wide within ±2pp of parity. Olasiti is lowest at 47% F — flag for community-engagement team in Q1 2027.
  • Upper-primary retention dipping at 94.6%
    Three percentage-point drop from lower primary. Common pattern as families weigh secondary fees — strengthens the case for Secondary launch in 2028.
Full table

Equity & outcome by campus

One row per campus.

Campus% Female% SponsoredSponsored outcomeFee-paying outcomeGapVerdict
Usa River51%38%80800equitable
Arusha Modern49%43%7776+1equitable
Kijenge48%41%7576-1equitable
Ilboru50%45%7170+1equitable
Boma47%46%6968+1equitable