Achievement First

Nonprofits & Foundations · Secondary Education
$90kmedian advertised pay
Atruth index, 87 of 100
1000+people
3cities with offices

Overview

Achievement First is a nonprofit network of tuition-free public charter schools based in New Haven, Connecticut, that runs K-12 schools serving mostly low-income Black and Latino students in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island. Grown from Amistad Academy, a single school in New Haven, the network now supports 39 schools with more than 2,200 staff educating nearly 15,000 students in Brooklyn, Queens, New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Providence and Cranston. It hires elementary, middle and high school teachers in math, science, English and special education, as well as paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, school leaders and operations staff.

How Achievement First hires

Truth index
A 87/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
51%
Reposted roles
0%

Achievement First scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 106 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 51% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$90k
Typical range
$34k – $113k
Open positions
50
45 Jobs
Junior 53.3%
Middle 46.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 24 $90k $90k – $113k
Middle 21 $90k $90k – $113k
Highest paying role Elementary Special Education Teacher 27-28 (NY) $113k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Achievement First By role, level and city, against the market · 50 jobs with pay

Visa sponsorship

United StatesUS 0
0
H-1B filings in 12 months
39
Open roles in United States
In the register as Achievement First, Inc., Providence, RI
Other sponsors in the same field
Uncommon Schools 3 filingsHouston Independent School District 55 filingsNew Paradigm for Education 24 filingsCurriculum Associates 19 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jan 28, 2025 · Visa details by country

Growth

Hiring Momentum
21/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
109
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
181 days
faster than 6% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
11/08/2026
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Education
100%
Actively hiring for Education (+47 in 30 days)

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Achievement First over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
45
Stack modernity
85/100
Frameworks & libraries
Instructor100%
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
New Haven
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New Haven United States
HQ
New Haven
1 open roles 50-200 est. staff
hires for Education
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
New York United States
Corporate office
New York
35 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 1000-5000 est. staff $110k Avg Salary
hires for Education
seen since Dec 2025 job postings
Providence United States
Corporate office
Providence
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $94k Avg Salary
hires for Education
seen since Nov 2026 job postings