The needs assessment explored how psychosocial adversity influenced high school graduates' college and career readiness, resilience, and social capital. It identified strengths, needs, barriers, and gaps within a K-12 school district and provided recommendations to enhance these themes. The assessment used a two-phase mixed-method design, including graduate surveys, interviews, and administrator focus groups. Findings revealed that 80% of graduates experienced at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), most commonly the death of a close friend or family member. Graduates with fewer ACEs often perceived them as more traumatic. Despite adversity, graduates reported high levels of self-rated resilience, positive relationships with school staff, and access to social capital. However, there was a need to improve their application of social capital. Adversity influenced college and career trajectories, providing inspiration and challenges for graduates. Caring relationships with adults, social-emotional learning, proactive interventions, and community-building contributed to students' college and career readiness, resilience, and social capital. Administrators recognized the need for comprehensive professional development, increased quality resources and personnel, systemic restorative practices, and improved accountability. This effort underscored the importance of creating school conditions that empower students to reveal resilience, apply social capital, and thrive in their post-secondary pursuits. The proposed logic model offers a framework of assets, resources, and relationships to support all students, particularly students of color. Future research may consider examining student case studies, expanding the sample size, and centering students' resilience and social capital application. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]