(NAME-MCE) Hispanics Are 1 in 5 of All Public School Students Nationwide

[Anselmo Villanueva]

[image: Pew Hispanic Center]     *Press Release *August 26, 2008
  For Immediate Release


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     *HISPANICS ARE ONE-IN-FIVE OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS NATIONWIDE*
 WASHINGTON - The number of Hispanic students in the nation's public schools
nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60% of the total growth in
public school enrollments over that period. Presently, 10 million Hispanic
students attend the nation's public schools, 20% of all public school
students.
In 2006 Hispanics were about half of all public school students in
California, up from 36% in 1990. They were more than 40% of enrollments in
three additional states (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas) and between 20% and
40% of all public school students in five states (Nevada, Colorado,
Illinois, Florida and New York). Overall, Hispanics are the largest minority
group in the public schools in 22 states.

Strong growth in Hispanic enrollment is expected to continue for decades,
according to a recently released U.S. Census Bureau population projection.
In 2050, there will be more school-age Hispanic children than school-age
non-Hispanic white children.

In order to illuminate this growing group of public school students, the Pew
Hispanic Center today releases "One-in-Five and Growing Fast:  A Profile of
Hispanic Public School Students," a statistical portrait of the demographic,
language, and family background characteristics of the nation's 10 million
Hispanic public school students.

Key findings from the report:

   - The vast majority of Hispanic public school students (84%) were born in
   the United States.
   - Seven-in-ten (70%) Hispanic students speak a language other than
   English at home.
   - Nearly one-in-five (18%) of all Hispanic students speak English with
   difficulty.
   - Nearly three-in-five Hispanic students (57%) live in households with
   both of their parents compared with 69% of non-Hispanic white students and
   30% of non-Hispanic black students.
   - More than seven-in-ten U.S. born Hispanic students of immigrant parents
   (71%) live with both parents.  Smaller shares of foreign-born students (58%)
   and U.S.-born students of native parentage (48%) reside with both parents.
   - More than a quarter of Hispanic students (28%) live in poverty,
   compared with 16% of non-Hispanic students. In comparison, more than a third
   of non-Hispanic black students (35%) reside in poverty and about one-in-ten
   non-Hispanic white students live in a poor household.
   - Foreign-born Hispanic students (35%) are more likely than their
   native-born counterparts (27%) to live in poverty.

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