More than seven percent of Hispanic high school students in Prince George’s County public schools dropped out in 2004-05, logging the highest dropout rate for any ethnic group and nearly doubling the dropout rate for the previous year. Maryland

Posted on: February 23rd, 2006
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“By comparison, 3.9 percent of white high school students dropped out, up from the previous year’s 3.57 percent rate. African-Americans had a 3.16 percent dropout rate, an increase over the 2.76 percent rate in 2003-04.

In all, 323 Hispanics dropped out of a total population of 4,451 students, while 1,154 blacks dropped out of a student population of 36,518.”

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