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Middle and high school

Quickfacts from Kids Count Data Center

Middle School

• 8th grade reading achievement levels
  • Below basic: 25%
  • At or above basic: 75%
  • Below proficient: 68%
  • At or above proficient: 32%

• 8th grade math achievement levels
  • Below basic: 28%
  • At or above basic: 72%
  • Below proficient: 66%
  • At or above proficient: 34%

• 8th grade writing achievement levels
  • Below basic: 13%
  • At or above basic: 87%
  • Below proficient: 69%
  • At or above proficient: 31%

High School

• Between 2009 and 2010 22% or 870,542 high school students did not graduate on time.
• In 2011 864,000 (5%) of teenagers ages 16 to 19 were not in school and not high school graduates.
  • Four percent were Non-Hispanic White
  • Six percent were Black or African American
  • Ten percent were Native American
  • Two percent Asian or Pacific Islander
  • Eight percent Hispanic or Latino