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In the 35 largest cities, fewer than 50 % of 9th graders complete high school.

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69% of all high school students graduate. Broken down further, 53% of Hispanic students graduate; 55% of African American students graduate, 57% of Native American students graduate; 76% percent of white students graduate; and 79% pf Asian students graduate.

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More than 70% of high school students go to schools with more than 1,000 students.

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An African American male born today is twice as likely to go to prison than college.

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30% of college freshmen don't make it to sophomore year, and less than 50% receive college degrees.

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29.4% of 16-24 year old Latinos dropped out of high school in 1996, as compared to 13% of African Americans and 7.3% of whites.

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56% of young Hispanics who have not completed high school have not progressed past the ninth grade. This compares to 31% of white and 27% of African-American dropouts.

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Only 35% of Hispanic high school seniors are enrolled in college-preparatory programs, compared with 50% of non-Hispanic white students.

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Fewer than 5% (4.67%) of the bachelor's degrees awarded nationwide in 1995 went to Latino/Mexican-American students, as compared to 7.5% for African Americans, and 78.7% for European Americans.