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By the year 2020, second
generation Hispanics in the U.S. will make
up 13.4% of all school-aged children (ages 5
to 19) going to school in the United States
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Hispanics with less than
a High School diploma had an average net
worth of 4,475-dollars in 2002
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Hispanics with a High
School diploma had an average net worth of
8,077-dollars in 2002
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84% of Hispanics born in
the U.S. have finished High School
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31% of Hispanics who
graduate High School do so with at least one
math course more challenging than Algebra II
and Geometry I
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In 2000, 26% of Hispanic
students in the 8th grade said that they had
missed at least three days of school in the
preceding month, compared to 40% of Hispanic
students who reported they had not missed
any school days in the previous month
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In 2000, 34% of Hispanic
students in the 12th grade reported having
missed at least 3 days of school in the
preceding month compared to 31% of Hispanic
students who reported not having missed any
school the previous month
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At the turn of the
century 64% of Hispanics ages 18-24 had
completed secondary education, compared to
92% of white non-Hispanics
