1. Hispanic Trends Project A Portrait of Latino Students Mark Hugo Lopez Director of Hispanic Research September 4, 2014

2. Latino School Enrollments

3. Hispanic Student Enrollments In 2012, 13 million young Latinos were enrolled in nursery school to high school public institutions That is up 58% from 2000 when 8.2 million Latinos were enrolled Among 18-24 year olds, 2.4 million Latinos were enrolled in college full time, up 175% since 2000 when there were 873,000 Latino students in college full time. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Historical School Enrollment time series http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/historical/index.html

4. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the October 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS) Racial and Ethnic Composition of Public Schools by Grade, 2012 (%)

5. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the October Current Population Survey (CPS) Growing Hispanic Representation in Public Schools and Colleges Hispanic share of enrollment

6. Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of the 2012 American Community Survey and the 2000 decennial census (1% IPUMS) Hispanic Children Are a Growing Share of Public Kindergarten Classes States where 20% or more of kindergartners are Hispanic

7. Latino College Enrollment Gains More than Demography

8. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the October Current Population Survey (CPS) High School Dropout Rates among 18- to 24-Year-Olds (%)

9. Source: Pew Hispanic Center analysis of the October Current Population Survey (CPS) Hispanic High School Completion is at a Record Level (% of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics)

10. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the October Current Population Survey (CPS) College Enrollment Rates Among High School Completers (% of 18- to 24-year-old high school completers)

11. Source: Pew Hispanic Center analysis of the October 2013 Current Population Survey (CPS) Hispanics Now Largest Minority Group at Colleges and Universities (millions of 18- to 24-year-old students)

12. Hispanic Undergraduates are More Likely to Enroll at 2-year Institutions than Other Groups Pew Hispanic Center analysis of the October 2013 Current Population Survey (CPS)

13. Latino Youth are Optimistic… Source: 2009 National Survey of Latinos Very Satisfied Mostly Satisfied Better off About the same Less well off Percent of Latino 16 to 25 year olds

14. …And They Say A College Education Is Important In order to get ahead in life these days, it’s necessary to get a college education. Percent who agree Source: 2009 National Survey of Latinos for Latino sample; 2009 SDT America’s Changing Workforce Survey for general U.S. population

15. …Yet Educational Expectations Lag How much further in school do you plan to go? Among 18- to 25-year-olds Source: 2009 National Survey of Latinos for Latino sample; 2007 Generation Next Survey for all youth sample

16. What's at Stake?

18. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, National Population Projections, Released 2008 58% 38% 20% 39% 15% 11% 4%6% Hispanics Projected to be the Largest School-age Population by 2050

19. Source: Pew Hispanic Center analysis of October Current Population Surveys (CPS) Hispanic Educational Attainment, 1990 to 2013 (% of 25 to 29 year olds with bachelor’s degree or higher)

20. Source: Pew Hispanic Center analysis of October Current Population Surveys (CPS) Hispanic Educational Attainment, 1990 to 2013 (% of 25- to- 29-year olds with bachelor’s degree or higher)

21. Source: Pew Hispanic Center analysis of the October 2013 Current Population Survey (CPS) Educational Attainment of 25- to 29-year-olds, 2013 (% with bachelor’s degree or higher)

22. Why Not Continue Your Education? Which of the following are reasons you have not continued your education? Percent of Latino youth ages 16 to 25 with a high school diploma or less, who are not enrolled and have no plans to return to school saying “Yes” Source: 2009 National Survey of Latinos

23. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2011 and A New Look at Long-term Labor Force Projections to 2050 Civilian Labor Force, 2011 and Projected 2050 (in thousands)

24. 40-year Work-life Earnings by Education for Hispanic Full-time, Full-year Workers Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Education and Synthetic Work-Life Earnings Estimates, September 2011 MaleFemale 9 - 12th grade1.10.8 High School completer1.31.0 Some college1.71.3 Associate's degree1.81.4 Bachelor's degree2.11.7 Master's degree2.82.3 Professional degree3.12.3 Doctorate degree3.12.6 In millions of $

25. Contact Information Mark Hugo Lopez Director of Hispanic Research mlopez@pewresearch.org Hispanic Trends Project

26. About the Hispanic Trends Project Pew Hispanic Center established in 2001; rebranded in 2013 Funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts A part of the Pew Research Center Purpose is to improve understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the U.S. and to chronicle the growing impact of this population on the U.S. “Fact tank,” not a think tank