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Poor Students
(3 Charts)
 

Districts with more poor students have more minority teachers.
(Chart 1 of 3)


Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/paif.htm

  • In the Five County Region, in districts with less than 30% of students participating in subsidized meal programs, less than 16% of teachers are minorities.
  • The relationship is much stronger in Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Unified School District: districts with more than 60 % of students participating in subsidized meal programs have more than 35% minority teachers.
  • In LACO and 5CR, districts with more than 90% of students participating in subsidized meal programs have nearly 70 % minority teachers.

Poor students are less likely to have fully credentialed teachers.
(Chart 2 of 3)


Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/paif.htm

  • Across the region, districts in with less than 20% of students participating in subsidized meal program have more than 90 % teachers with full credentials.
  • Districts with more than 60% of students participating in subsidized meal program have less than 80% teachers with full credentials.

Poor students are likely to have less experienced teachers.
(Chart 3 of 3)


Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/paif.htm

  • The pattern is fairly consistent, but the relationship is not strong.
  • In the Five County Region, districts with less than 40% of students participating in subsidized meal program have teachers averaging more than 12 years of experience.
  • Districts with more than 80% of students participating in subsidized meal program have teachers averaging less than 11 years of experience.

Last Updated: July 27, 2005

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