1 in 6 U.S. students in high-poverty school

05-28-2010

By Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

A government analysis of U.S. schools shows that one in six public school students attend high poverty schools and that the percentage of high-poverty schools has significantly increased over the past decade. It also confirms what we’ve long known: student achievement at high-poverty schools is lower than at other public schools. The analysis of high-poverty schools was part of the 2010 Condition of Education, an annual report just released by the Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics. The analysis looks at the latest available data on public schools. Here are the conclusions from the analysis on high-poverty schools. High poverty is identified as those schools where 76 percent to 100 percent of the student enrollment is eligible for free or reduced-price meals. (more...)

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