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In New York City, dropout rate is high for Mexican immigrants
Nov 28, 2011 2:54 PM
From The New York Times: About 41 percent of all Mexicans between ages 16 and 19 in New York City have dropped out of school, according to census data. No other major immigrant group has a dropout rate higher than 20 percent, and the overall rate for the city is less than 9 percent, the statistics show. This crisis endures at the college level. Among Mexican immigrants 19 to 23 who do not have a college degree, only 6 percent are enrolled. That is a fraction of the rates among other major immigrant groups and the native-born population.
