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DISTRICT CONTEXT
The EPE Research Center analyzed key features of the school systems attended by the typical Latino student and
compared those results with the district context for the typical white student. Relative to whites, Latinos are much more
likely to attend large districts in urban environments that are characterized by high levels of poverty and segregation.
LATINO
(median)
n
46%
19%
ns
55%
62 points
Among the nation's largest public school systems, a
group of perennially strong performers tops the rankings
for the class of 2009. Graduation rates exceed 80 percent
in Maryland's Montgomery and Baltimore counties, as
well as Fairfax County, Va., and Jefferson County, Colo.
WHITE
District
enrollment
25,047
6,600
Urban
19%
English-language
learners
5%
Free or reducedprice lunch
42 points
(0-100 pts.)
)
77%
73 points
Majority-minority
enrollment
Racial
segregation
GRADUATION
RATE
Class of 2009
DISTRICT (size rank)
36%
Socioeconomic
segregation
GRADUATION IN THE
50 LARGEST DISTRICTS
18%
31 points
Montgomery County, Md. (16)
87.6%
Fairfax County, Va. (12)
85.5
Jefferson County, Colo. (35)
85.5
Baltimore County, Md. (25)
81.2
Broward County, Fla. (6)
78.3
Anne Arundel County, Md. (46)
78.1
Cypress-Fairbanks, Texas (26)
77.8
Palm Beach County, Fla. (11)
75.4
Virginia Beach, Va. (49)
75.1
Northside, Texas (32)
75.0
Lee County, Fla. (40)
74.6
Jordan, Utah (39)
74.5*
Prince William County, Va. (45)
74.3
Wake County, N.C. (17)
74.1
Guilford County, N.C. (48)
74.0
Fulton County, Ga. (33)
73.3
Orange County, Fla. (10)
72.6
New York City (1)
72.2
Hillsborough County, Fla. (8)
70.6
Brevard County, Fla. (47)
69.4
Hawaii (statewide district) (9)
69.2
Pinellas County, Fla. (24)
69.2
Long Beach, Calif. (34)
68.7
Cobb County, Ga. (23)
67.5
Miami-Dade County, Fla. (4)
66.6
NORTHEAST
Memphis, Tenn. (22)
66.1
Latino: 61%
White: 85%
Polk County, Fla. (31)
65.1
Prince George's County, Md. (20)
65.0
Austin, Texas (37)
63.6
Houston (7)
62.4
Greenville, S.C. (50)
62.0
San Diego (19)
61.7
Fort Worth, Texas (41)
61.6
Duval County, Fla. (21)
61.2
Nashville-Davidson County, Tenn. (43)
60.5
Gwinnett County, Ga. (15)
60.1
Clark County, Nev. (5)
57.1
WEST
Dallas (14)
56.9
Latino: 62%
White: 74%
Fresno, Calif. (42)
56.8
Chicago (3)
56.1
Dekalb County, Ga. (27)
55.5
Philadelphia (13)
55.2
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C. (18)
55.1
SOUTH
Albuquerque, N.M. (30)
52.9
Latino: 66%
White: 76%
Milwaukee (36)
52.6
Denver (44)
52.4
Baltimore (38)
50.2
Jefferson County, Ky. (28)
48.3
Los Angeles (2)
45.8
Detroit (29)
42.4
$9,992
(0-100 pts.)
Per-pupil
expenditures
$10,626
REGIONAL PATTERNS
For white students and the U.S. population as a whole, high school graduation rates are highest in the Northeast, the
region where the nation’s largest racial and ethnic gaps are generally found. Latinos, by contrast, graduate at the highest
rates in the South, where they lag behind their white peers by 10 percentage points.
MIDWEST
Latino: 59%
White: 78%
NOTE: Regions as defined by U.S. Census Bureau.
SOURCE: EPE Research Center, 2012
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