% of 18- to 24-year-olds dropping out of high school
Educational attainment among U.S. Latinos has been changing rapidly in recent years, reflecting the group’s growth in the nation’s public K-12 schools and colleges. Over the past decade, the Hispanic high school dropout rate has declined and college enrollment has increased, even as Hispanics trail other groups in earning a bachelor’s degree.
Over the past decade, the Hispanic high school dropout rate has dropped dramatically. The rate reached a new low in 2014, dropping from 32% in 2000 to 12% in 2014 among those ages 18 to 24. This helped lower the national dropout rate from 12% to 7% over the same time period – also a new low. Even so, the Hispanic dropout rate remains higher than that of blacks (7%), whites (5%) and Asians (1%).
Hispanic, black high school dropout rates  | reach record lows  | % of 18- to 24-year-olds dropping out of high school  | 40%  | 35  | 30 33  | 25  | 12% Hispanics  | 20  | 16  | 15  | Blacks  | 10  | 5  | Whites  | 93 '95 '97 '99 01 '03 100 07 '99  | 114 Asians  | Notes: The dropout rate shown refers to the share of 18-to 24-year-olds who were  | not enrolled in school and had not completed high school. Blacks and Asians  | include the Hispanic portions of those groups. Whites include only non Hispanics  | Hispa nics are of any race  | Hispa Source: U.S Census Bureau October Current Population Survey,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 