United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Program Evaluation and Methodology Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-07-24 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:PEMD-94-24 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-24 P0b002ee1803739b0 f:pe94024 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-24 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-24 PEMD-94-24 Demographic data Hispanics Secondary school students Attrition rates Immigrants Public schools Students Disadvantaged persons Minority education Aid for education Census Bureau Public Use Microdata Sample Mexico Puerto Rico Spain Census Bureau Current Population Survey Arizona California Colorado Florida Illinois Massachusetts New Jersey New Mexico New York Texas Letter Report PEMD In 1990, the school dropout rate for Hispanics between the ages of 16 and 24 was high--about 30 percent. The comparable rate for non-Hispanic blacks was 18 percent, and for non-Hispanic whites it was 10 percent. Drop-out rates were not uniform by country of origin, ranging from 36 percent for Central Americans and 34 percent for Mexican Americans to 12 percent for South Americans. Dropout rates were much higher for Hispanics not born in the United States (43 percent) than for U.S.-born Hispanics (20 percent). Further, among those born outside the United States, recent arrivals were at greatest risk of dropping out. GAO found that the risk of dropping out of U.S. schools was higher for 16- and 17-year-old Hispanics who fell into one or more of the following categories: not born in the United States, limited in English-speaking ability, from poor families, or either married or mothers. Hispanic dropouts faced the following formidable barriers to completing their education: 40 percent spoke English "not well" or "not at all," more than half needed three years or more of schooling to finish high school, more than one third had incomes at or below the poverty line, and most had job or family responsibilities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-24/html/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-24.htm GAO/PEMD-94-24 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-94-24 Letter Report GAO/PEMD-94-24; Hispanics' Schooling: Risk Factors for Dropping Out and Barriers to Resuming Their Education; Demographic data Hispanics Secondary school students Attrition rates Immigrants Public schools Students Disadvantaged persons Minority education Aid for education Census Bureau Public Use Microdata Sample Mexico Puerto Rico Spain Census Bureau Current Population Survey Arizona California Colorado Florida Illinois Massachusetts New Jersey New Mexico New York Texas