Just the #s
on Latino Education
Employment for High School Dropouts

# of native-born Hispanic high school dropouts working fulltime nearly  70%
# of white high school dropouts working full time                                     52%


Unemployment for High School Dropouts

# of white high school dropouts who are unemployed about                 28%
# of U.S.-born Latino high school dropouts who are unemployed         26%


Earnings for High School Dropouts

Average white high school dropout earns $7,300/year
Typical U.S.-born Hispanic high school dropout earns $6,500/year
Immigrant Latino High School dropout earns $10,000/year


Civic Awareness Activities
(reading national news stories, watching or listening to the national news and
dscussing national news)

# of students who participated in at least 1 of 3 civic awareness activities daily

                                                                           # of Hispanic 52%
                                                                            # of white      47%