Illinois State Board of Education Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: FY25 Statewide Evaluation

A 2026 evaluation of Illinois's 21st CCLCs during FY 2025 found that participating students demonstrated improved classroom behavior and increased academic achievement. Overall, 63% of chronically absent students showed improvements in school day attendance, with rates of improvement increasing with hours of program participation. Likewise, approximately 7 in 10 participants with a prior-year in-school suspension (69%) demonstrated fewer in-school suspensions during the 2024-2025 school year. Teacher surveys found improvements in 1st-5th grade students’ classroom behavior (68%) and homework completion (71%). Additionally, more than half of 7-8th and 10-12

21st Century Community Learning Centers State of North Dakota: State Evaluation SY 2023-2024

 A 2025 evaluation of North Dakota’s 21st CCLC programs during the 2023–2024 school year found positive outcomes related to participants’ school-day attendance, behavior, and family outcomes. Participants are significantly less likely than non-participants to be chronically absent overall (15% vs. 19%), with similar results for Hispanic, Native American, and FRPL-eligible students. While there are no statistically significant differences in English language arts and math assessment scores between participants and non-participants, school leaders and teachers recognize the educational value of programs, including programs’ academic rigor and alignment with school-day content. Surveys from young people, parents, teachers, school leaders, and community partners emphasize the positive social, behavioral, and community impacts of programs, and evaluators highlight the economic value– estimating that programs’ economic impact is up to $33 million.

Mississippi 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Evaluation – Final Report

This statewide evaluation of Mississippi’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs during the 2017-18 school year finds that participants showed significant progress in both school-day behavior and academics based on school-day teacher reports. Parent satisfaction was high both for their children’s outcomes and their own experiences with programming. Additionally, 21^st CCLC centers where most of their staff received Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) training saw better student attendance and outcomes compared to centers where most staff were not trained by MDE. Staff were satisfied with their performance, with 95 percent of site directors agreeing or strongly agreeing that they had accomplished their main program objectives during the school year and shared what key successes and challenges they had.  

Wyoming 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Annual Report 2014-15

This statewide evaluation of Wyoming’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs during the 2014-2015 school year finds that students who attended programming thrived academically and socially. Nearly 8 in 10 (77 percent) of regular attendees showed growth in math scores in either the “At Grade” or “Above Grade” categories, and 83 percent improved in language arts in the same levels from fall to spring of the 2014-15 school year.