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Enrollments and Poverty
(2 Charts)
The number of students in poverty
continues to grow.
(Chart 1 of 2)
Data Source:
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
- The number of poor students has grown steadily throughout the
region since 1990.
- The region's schools must educate almost 685,000 more poor
children than in 1990.
- See our Glossary section
on Poverty.
The proportion of students who are
poor has leveled off since the mid-1990s.
(Chart 2 of 2)
Data Source:
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
- During the early 1990s recession, the proportion of students who
were poor grew rapidly.
- LAUSD was the exception: poverty remained stable at
approximately 70%.
- Though the number of poor students continued to grow even
after the recession ended, the proportion of students who are
poor stabilized.
Last Updated:
July 27, 2005
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