Students & Alumni
The Promise
The Promise provides graduates of El Dorado High School with a scholarship covering tuition and mandatory fees that can be used at any accredited two- or four-year, public or private educational institution in the US. The maximum amount payable is up to the highest annual resident tuition at an Arkansas public university
The Promise Has Taken Them There
When EHS graduates think about their future and where they want to be, they know they have the Promise to help get them on that path. The Promise can take them where they want to go. In fact, the Promise has taken the 4,885 Promise recipients to 207 different colleges and universities in 39 different states
Returning to the Promise
A group of Promise recipients have come full circle and have returned to the place where it all began. Many EHS graduates, who received the El Dorado Promise and then completed their college degree, have returned to El Dorado to work in the school district. Bringing the Promise full circle provides a unique perspective for these Promise graduates.
About our Promise Sholars
The El Dorado Promise scholars who go on to complete their college degrees and then return to contribute to our local community are always a welcome sign. The Promise is designed to enhance life here in El Dorado, which makes it rewarding to see that so many scholar graduates choose to pay it forward by returning here.
In fact, we have seen this happen quite frequently. A large group of scholarship recipients went off to their respective El Dorado Promise colleges and graduated before returning to work in the El Dorado School District. These are educators who know firsthand the power of the Promise, and they are advocates for it as they work and engage with fellow students in the school system.
Promise alumni have studied all over the country
The El Dorado Promise awards high school graduates with money to cover tuition and mandatory expenses that come with a two- or four-year college or university, either here in Arkansas or elsewhere throughout the country. This financial boost has produced El Dorado Promise graduates who learned in institutions that span across the country, from California to Maine. This illustrates the truly limitless opportunity that Promise scholars get through this unique program.
How El Dorado Promise scholars fully leverage the program
It’s important to understand the fine details of this scholarship program and how it can work for El Dorado High School graduates. The amount of scholarship money is based on the length
of time a student has spent in the El Dorado School District. Students who have spent kindergarten through high school are awarded 100 percent of the scholarship money, which is equal to the highest in-state public college or university rate.
Students who have not been in the system all 13 years will receive a prorated sum. The El Dorado Promise colleges are any accredited two- or four-year college or university in the country. The scholarship can be renewed for five consecutive years, and scholars must maintain a 2.0 GPA or better and complete 12 credit hours per semester to remain eligible. The Promise has enhanced and transformed the educational landscape in this town, and it’s very evident when you look at the many El Dorado Promise scholars who have been positively affected.
El Dorado Promise
2000 Wildcat Drive, El Dorado, AR 71730
For questions about the application, call The Promise Office at 870-864-5128.