The City of San Francisco's Kindergarten-to-College Program

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[…] when focusing only on students with at least one contribution, the average contribution value and the average total value increased as the CSA ages (from $247 in the first year to $709 in the fourth year and from $420 in the first year to $907 in the fourth year, respectively; Figure 4).

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San Francisco’s Kindergarten to College has achieved close to 100% enrollment using its automatic enrollment approach.

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Findings from K2C indicate that 15% of students in high-poverty schools made at least one contribution, compared to 20% of students in low-poverty schools.

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In the K2C analysis, after controlling for school- and community-level factors, there is no statistical difference in total contributions in years one through three between high-poverty and low-poverty schools. […] It appears that giving families equitable access to savings vehicles can narrow the college savings contributions gap between low-income and high-income families, at least over several years.