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NCES Report Finds Rapid Minority Growth in SchoolsA recent report from the National Center for Education Statistics found that the nation's population of Hispanic students now makes up 42 percent of total public school enrollment, up from 22 percent in 1972. The Condition of Education, a Congressionally mandated statistical survey of the nation's education system, found that enrollment for all minority students has grown in all regions of the country, but the Hispanic population has shown especially rapid growth. In 2005, the last year for which data were available, one of five public school students was Hispanic. Other highlights of the report include: * The Midwest continues to be home to the largest population of white students at 74 percent. * Twenty percent of school-age children speak a language other than English at home. * The number of high school students taking Advanced Placement courses more than doubled from 1997 to 2005, with the numbers of Blacks and Hispanics growing faster than those for other racial/ethnic groups.
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