Dive Summary:
- A study of U.S. Census data carried out by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that increasing Hispanic population growth has led to a steady increase in Hispanic student enrollment since 1972, setting new records in 2011.
- Hispanic students made up 23.9% of all public school enrollments as of October 2011, up from 19.9% in 2005.
- 16.5% of all 18-24 year old college students are Hispanic, with 74% of college enrollment growth consisting of Hispanic enrollment growth.
From the article:
The nation’s Hispanic student population reached a number of milestones in 2011, according to an analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. ...
