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By the Numbers
Last year, about
27,000 Maryland high school students dropped out of school before graduating. That was nearly a quarter of the state's
Class of 2007, and Marylanders pay dearly for it. A study by the Maryland Public Policy Institute estimates that each class
of high school dropouts costs the state about $50 million every year in lost tax revenues, higher Medicaid costs and the expenses
of incarceration - dropouts are twice as likely as graduates to spend time in jail. Kids who drop out shortchange not only
their own chances for success but also those of everyone around them. Hispanic Americans represent the largest minority group in the United States
One-third of Hispanics are under age 18. Only one of every three Hispanic American student completes high school
Only 10 percent of
Hispanic Americans graduate from four-year colleges and universities Too many Hispanic American families lack the knowledge about financing a college
education. This is not just a “Hispanic” problem;
the lack of educated Hispanics entering the workforce is a concern for all Americans.
The present crisis not only threatens
to leave behind yet another generation of Hispanic children, but will jeopardize our country’s ability to complete economically
Report on 3rd Annual Hispanic Youth Symposium
2006 Hispanic American Census
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