National Data | Chart | Hispanic High School Disaster — The Evidence Mounts

By Edwin S. Rubenstein

11/22/2003

Highest Level of Education Attained by
Population 25 years and older, 2001
(Percent of Population)

Grade level Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White non-Hispanic
Less than High School

43.5%

20.5%

11.3%
High School Graduate+

56.5%

79.5%

88.7%

BA+

11.2%

16.1%

28.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Digest of Education Statistics 2002," June 2003. Table 9, page 18.

Dropout Rates By
Recency of Immigration, 2000
(16 to 24 years old)

Immigration Status: Hispanic Non-Hispanic Immigrant Hispanic as Multiple of Non-Hispanic Immigrant

Born Outside the U.S.

44.2% 7.4% 6.0

First Generation

14.6 4.6 3.2

Second Generation

15.9 8.2 1.9
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center For Education Statistics, "Status And Trends in the Education of Hispanics," April 2003, Supplemental Table 3.3b.

Percent of High School Dropouts*
Among Persons 16 to 24 Years Old

Year All Races White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Hispanic
1972 14.6% 12.3% 21.3% 34.3%
1980 14.1 11.4 19.1 35.2
1990 12.1 9.0 13.2 32.4
1995 12.0 8.6 12.1 30.0
1996 11.1 7.3 13.0 29.4
1997 11.0 7.6 13.4 25.3
1998 11.8 7.7 13.8 29.5
1999 11.2 7.3 12.6 28.6
2000 10.9 6.9 13.1 27.8
2001 10.7 7.3 10.9 27.0
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Digest of Education Statistics 2002," June 2003. Table 108, page 132.
* Dropout = individuals out of school with neither HS diploma nor GED

Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.

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