WASHINGTON - A new study shows Georgia and other states in the Southeast have seen the nation's largest percentage growth in the enrollment of Hispanic students in public schools.
The study was released Thursday by a nonpartisan research group -- the Pew Hispanic Center.
It shows Georgia's increase in Hispanic students is the fourth-largest in the nation -- behind Arkansas, and North and South Carolina. Alabama was fifth.
The report covers the period betwen the 1993-1994 and the 2003-2004 school years -- the most recent data available. The report shows the number of Hispanic students in Georgia increased from about 19,000 to 93,000... a 390 percent increase.
In 2003, Hispanics made up 45 percent of the students in the Gainesville school system while in Hall County, it was 23 percent.
The study says during the same period the number of white students in Georgia increased 7.6 percent to 792,000; the number of black students increased 26.8 percent to 572,000; Asian students increased 117.6 percent to 37,000; and American Indians increaed 21 percent to 2,300.
The study shows from 1993-2003, Hispanic enrollment in public elementary schools increased by 1.6 million. That's roughly four times the number for black students and eight times that for Asians.
During that time, the study shows that white enrollment declined by 1.2 million.
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October 13th, 2024
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