Calif. schools lead nation in Hispanic enrollment | California Watch

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Calif. schools lead nation in Hispanic enrollment

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California enrolls the most Hispanics in K-12 schools in the country: nearly 3.4 million in 2010, according to an analysis of census data released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Hispanics made up 51 percent of all K-12 students in the state – the second-highest proportion of overall enrollment in the nation, behind New Mexico's 57 percent.
The analysis, based on data from the 2010 American Community Survey, also found that Hispanics attained lower levels of education than their non-Hispanic white and black peers.
About 3 out of 10 Californians ages 25 and older held a bachelor's degree or more. That figure was higher among whites (38.9 percent) and lower among blacks (21.4 percent) and Hispanics (10.6 percent). More than 42 percent