Our Impact
At Prosperi, we believe effective school counseling is key to unlocking student potential and advancing true educational equity. We partner with schools by providing supplemental staffing and technology tools to help counseling teams manage and guide students toward brighter futures.
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The Problem
The United States faces a critical shortage of school counselors, severely limiting students’ access to vital academic, college and career guidance. While the American School Counselor Association recommends a ratio of 250 students per counselor, the national average stands at 376:1. [1]
Prosperi’s solutions bridge the distance between where great counselors are located and where they are needed, and reduce the onerous administrative burdens limiting counselors’ capacity to serve students.
The Facts & Challenges
Report that there are not enough qualified school counselors available to fill the open positions in their districts, highlighting a significant shortage in the profession that could impact student support services across the country. [2]
Report being "extremely challenged or challenged" by inappropriate duties, with 25-50% of their time consumed by paperwork and administrative tasks rather than direct student support. [5]
The administrative burdens have an outsized impact on underserved communities where students receive disproportionately limited access to counseling services. [6]
The burdens cause stress and fatigue, leading to high burnout rates and resignations, further compounding the counselor shortage. [7]
The staffing shortage occurs in the face of increasing mental health challenges and complex career landscapes that demand more, not less, support for students. Students without proper guidance face significant challenges in career development and academic success. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Not surprising, the impact is particularly severe for disadvantaged students. [13]
The financial implications are massive. Prosperi estimates there are over 20,000 open, budgeted jobs representing $1.6B in annual spending as schools struggle to fill counselor positions. [14]
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The Prosperi Solution
Traditional solutions have proven insufficient to address this crisis. While schools attempt to manage through increasing caseloads or redistributing responsibilities, these approaches often lead to further deterioration in service quality.
Prosperi’s solutions address these critical challenges through an innovative three-pronged approach:
On-demand to help schools rapidly fill vacancies and reduce student-to-counselor ratios.
Purpose-built to streamline administrative tasks and free up counselor time for student interaction.
That synthesize millions of data sources to enable timely, personalized guidance for every student
This integrated set of solutions directly targets the most pressing issues facing school counseling departments today – staffing shortages, administrative burden, and data fragmentation - while creating efficiencies for counselors to improve student access to critical guidance, support and counseling.
Resources
American School Counselor Association. (2024, September). School counselor shortages [Research report].
American School Counselor Association. (2023, September). State coordinator survey findings.
Johnson, B., & Williams, T. (2023, January 5). School staffing challenges survey. Education Week.
American School Counselor Association. (2023, September). School counselor shortages [Research report].
American School Counselor Association. (2023, September). School counselor shortages [Research report].
American School Counselor Association, School Counselor Roles & Ratios
Mullen et al. (2018). School Counselors’ Perceived Stress, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction. Professional School Counseling Volume 21.
Malik, N., & Hussain, I. (2020). Effects of demographic variables on career choice of university students. Global Educational Studies Review, 5(3), 83-90.
Puebla, J. N. (2022). Career Decisions and Dilemmas of Senior High School Students in Disadvantaged Schools: Towards the Development of A Proposed Career Guid-ance Program. International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research, 3(5), 888-903.
Zahrebniuk, Y. (2023). The system of career guidance for high school students in the United States of America. Educational Challenges, 28(1), 188-198.
Baloch, R. A. S., & Shah, N. (2014). The Significance Of Awareness About Selection And Recruitment Processes In Students’ Career Decision Making. European Scientific Journal, 10(14).
Hadiyati, M. A., & Astuti, B. (2023). Student careers: What factors influence career choice? Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation, 7(4), 608-614.
Damai, M. S., Rosra, M., & Maharani, C. A. (2019). Career planning research report. ALIBKIN Journal of Counseling, 7(4).
Prosperi Corp. (2024). School counseling market analysis [Internal report].
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