Children,< 18. Dropout rates Dropouts by Generation --Latino DROPOUTS, 2000: --Born outside US = 994,000 [26%] --1 st Generation = 240,000 [4.4%] --2

children,< 18

Dropout rates

Dropouts by Generation--Latino DROPOUTS, 2000:

--Born outside US = 994,000 [26%]

--1st Generation = 240,000 [4.4%]

--2nd generation Plus = 211,000 [3.9%]

Source: US Department of Education, http//nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/dropout/tables/table3.asp

HS Profile of Latinos, ’02/’03--”Hispanic youths are much more

likely that white or black youths to attend public schools that are large, that have a high student-to-teacher ratio, and have a substantial proportion of students that come from relatively poor families.”

Source: “The High Schools Hispanics Attend: Size and Other key Characteristics”, The Pew Hispanic Center, November 1, ‘05

Nat’l HS, Characteristics

Latinos: Large Public HSs--10% of all US high schools have

1,838 students or more--More than 56% of Hispanics

attend these large high schools--32% for blacks--26% for whites


Distribution, HS, Size

Distribution, Blacks/Latinos

Dist., % Minorities

Latinos: Central City

--Among students in central city HSs, Hispanic students are twice as likely as black students to be at a HS with more than 1,838


Latinos: School Lunch--25% of all US high schools have more

than 45% of their students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches

--300 of these schools have 1,838 students or more

--Almost 25% of Hispanics attend these 300 schools--8% of blacks, 1% of whites


Distribution, HS, school lunch

Dist., HS/Large School Lunch

Latinos: Disadvantaged

--In states with large Hispanic HS enrollments, Hispanics are more likely than either whites or blacks to attend large and relatively more disadvantaged HSs. In CA, 40% of Hispanics attend large, relatively disadvantaged HSs, in comparison to 8% of whites and 30% of blacks.


Distribution, HS, Stud/Teach

Latinos: Student/Teacher Ratio

--Nearly 37% of Hispanics are educated at public HSs with a student/teacher ratio greater than 22:1

--14% of blacks, 13% of whites

--The average student/teacher ratio is 16:1 and only 10% of all public HSs have more than 22 per teacher.


Enrollment, states

Latinos: Seven States

--HSs in 7-states educate 80% of Hispanic youth. These 7 states have relatively large HSs, compared to the US average.


Latinos: Seven States--”Public HSs in these 7-states

educate almost 80% of the nation’s 2-million Hispanic public HS students; HSs in Ca & TX alone educate 55% of them.”


Latinos: Seven Staes

--Their public HSs are considerably more likely to be in the central city than is the case for HSs in the other 43 states and DC.


Latinos: Differences--”The differing geographic

concentration of Latino youths across states is, however, only part of the explanation of the national differences in HS characteristics between Latinos and white youth.”


Latinos: Black Concentration

--”The nation’s African-American students are highly concentrated in a quarter of America’s HSs. Almost 85% of black students attend 4,450 HS that have more than 14% black enrollment.”


Latinos: Black Concentration

--”Fewer than 30% of Hispanic students attend these [quarter] HSs with above average black enrollment & fewer than 20% of white students attend these HSs.”


Lower Student Achievement,

1.) Schools w/Large Enrollments

2.) High teacher-to-student ratio

3.) Low socioeconomic status


Prior focus: Achievement Gap--”Much of the research on the

achievement gap between Hispanics and whites has focused on the characteristics of students--factors such as family income, nativity, and parents level of education and ability to speak English.”


Prior focus: Achievement Gap--”…research suggests that larger

HSs are less likely to retain students. …HSs enrolling fewer than 1,500 students more often stay in school. `…results demonstrate that school size is quite important and that students in medium-sized schools are least likely to dropout’.”


Prior focus: Achievement Gap--”…test score gains in mathematics

and reading…find that the ideal size for a HS in terms of student learning is between 600 and 900. …HSs with fewer than 600 students learn less; students in large HSs (especially over 2,100) learn considerably less.”


Solving the Learning Gap

--”…educators and educational policymakers have vastly more influence over the characteristics of their schools than the characteristics of their students.”

Source: “The High Schools Hispanics Attend: Size and Other key Characteristics”, The Pew Hispanic Center, November 1, ’05

Degrees earned

Degrees per Population--In total US, One BS Degree Was Earned for Each

223 People.

--Conversely, a Latino Earned a BS Degrees for Every 440 Latinos in the US.

--In total US, One Ph.D. Was Earned for Every 6,141 Persons.

--Conversely, One Ph.D. Was Earned by a Latino for Every 25,562 Latinos in the US.

Earnings by Degree

Loss of Potential EarningsLatino HS-dropout yearly earnings = $20,459

Latino College graduate yearly earnings = $41,244

Difference per year = $20,785

Work 35-yrs, then difference is $727,475

In 2000, there were 1,445,000 Latino--age 16 to 24-yrs. old--that were HS had dropouts.

Therefore, the earnings differential between Latino HS dropouts and college grads in 2000 over a 35-yrs. Earnings horizon is $1,051.2 Billion

Documents

Children,< 18. Dropout rates Dropouts by Generation --Latino DROPOUTS, 2000: --Born outside US = 994,000 [26%] --1 st Generation = 240,000 [4.4%] --2