The number: 9% GEDs for Hispanics

Hispanics have a much higher high-school dropout rate than do blacks or whites, but far fewer Hispanics obtain a General Educational Development credential. Some 41% of Hispanics ages 20 and older in the U.S. do not have a regular high-school diploma, versus 23% of comparably aged blacks and 14% of whites. But only 9% of Hispanic high-school dropouts have a GED. By contrast, 20% of black high school dropouts and 29% of white high school dropouts have obtained a GED. Foreign-born Hispanics are far more likely not to graduate high school (52% dropouts) than are native-born (25%). Among dropouts, 5% of foreign-born have GEDS while 21% of native-born do.