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One-in-Five and Growing Fast:
A Profile of Hispanic Public School Students
by Rick Fry and Felisa Gonzales, Pew Hispanic Center
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he number of Hispanic students in ment is expected to continue for Using data from the 2006 American
the nation’s public schools nearly decades, according to a recently Community Survey (ACS), this report
doubled from 1990 to 2006, released U.S. Census Bureau popula- presents information on the demo-
accounting for 60% of the total growth tion projection. The bureau projects graphic characteristics of Hispanic stu-
in public school enrollments over that that the Hispanic school-age popula- dents in public schools. It compares
period. There are now approximately tion will increase by 166% by 2050 (to Hispanic public school students with
10 million Hispanic students in the 28 million from 11 million in 2006), their non-Hispanic counterparts. The
nation’s public kindergartens and its while the non-Hispanic school-age large sample sizes available in the ACS
elementary and high schools; they population will grow by just 4% (to 45 also enable detailed comparison of
make up about one-in-five public million from 43 million) over this same Hispanic students across generational
school students in the United States. In period.
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In 2050, there will be more groups. HNM
1990, just one-in-eight public school school-age Hispanic children than
students were Hispanic. school-age non-Hispanic white chil-
Strong growth in Hispanic enroll- dren. Source: Pew Hispanic Center
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