California Educational Opportunity Reports 2007

United Way of Greater Los Angeles - November 12, 2007

California Educational Opportunity Reports have been published by the Institute for Democracy, Education and Access at UCLA.

These reports examine the state of California's education gap affecting poor and minority communities, as well as the gap between lower performing California students compared to the rest of the states. Topics explored include: educational outcomes of English learners and low income students, racial gaps in achievement (such as math proficiency and graduation), college preparation (courses taken), educational environments (ethnically segregated schools, overcrowded schools, counselors per student, qualified teachers available), and more. Both high school and middle school are examined. There are special reports for Latino and African-American students. Data is given for every public high school and data is also broken down by congressional, senate and assembly district.

Selected Findings: 38% of African-American high school students in California attend an overcrowded school, compared to 17% of Whites and 29% of Asians.

About half (51%) of Latino high school students attend a high poverty school (schools in which at least half the students receive free or reduced priced meals), compared to 11% of White students and 25% of Asian students.

California 4th graders rank second to last among the states in reading and 46th in math .

In 2006, 43% of California middle schools, and 15% of California high schools were considered low performing by the state and federal government.

The Math Pipeline (referring to the sequence of math courses taken from middle school to high school to prepare students for college) in California is vulnerable, as fewer than one in four 8th California graders scored in 2007 proficient or above on advanced level math.

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