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CLEVELAND FEATURED STORIES
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Being a Puerto Rican myself, I have had my fair share of mistaken ethnic identity by curious inquirerers. I can see why they would be confused. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans make.....
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Public School Enrollment: 49,000
For the 2009-2010 school year, there were over 49,000 Hispanic students enrolled in Ohio’s public schools, making up2.8 percent of Ohio’s total student body. For the 2000-2001 school year, the figure was 1.7 percent. More than 40 percent of current Hispanic students are classified as having limited English proficiency.
The educational attainment level of the Hispanic community lags behind the state as a whole.
Twenty-one percent of Hispanic Ohioans have obtained a post-secondary degree compared to 31 percent for Ohioans as a whole. Correspondingly, almost 14 percent of Hispanics have less than a 9th grade education compared to 4 percent for the state.
The educational attainment of recent Hispanic adult immigrants tends to be lower than the educational attainment of all Ohioans. Roughly half of the bachelor’s degrees for the Hispanic population are in engineering, science and related fields.