Ryle reports Seal school and graduate growth
Ryle says Seal-offering schools grew from 31 in the pilot year to 271 in 2026-2027. She reports 12,019 students graduated with the Seal in 2025-2026, a 1,600% increase from 682 in the 2021-2022 pilot year.
We are very proud of how the number of schools offering the seal of civic readiness has grown.
From 31 in our pilot year to 60 in 22-23, 118 in 23-24, 166 in 2020.
24-25, 230, and 25-26, and to our largest number yet, 271 and 26-27.
At the end of the 25-26 school year, 12,019 students graduated with the Seal of Civic Readiness, a 1,600% increase in five years from this.
682 graduates who received the seal in 21-22 pilot year.
This increase has been possible due to the New York City Public Schools'focus on a well-paced, strategic, and robustly supported effort to expand the number of students who have the opportunity to learn the Seal of Civic Readiness.
We fully expect to continue this deliberate rollout and expansion, seeking to significantly expand the number of schools offering the seal each school year.
We would like to thank the City Council for your continuous partnership in supporting civics education.
Whether you participated in school visits for Civics Week or joined our post-soapbox issue roundtables, we are grateful for your participation and advocacy in supporting students as they engage in civics and gain the skills needed