Context: Student Characteristics
Low-income students were almost twice as likely not to be promoted to the 10th grade. Poverty is a strong predictor of 9th-grade non-completion.
DATA NOTE: The percentages in each category reflect that group's proportion of the total number in that category. Thus, of the 100% of students who successfully completed 9th grade, 7.5% were Black. Of the 100% not promoted, 14.4% were Black -- or almost double.
Males were more likely not to be promoted (11.6%) than females (8.0%)
As with Black students, twice as many Hispanic students were not promoted as Hispanic students who were. Poverty is highly correlated with race, so a high proportion of students of the low-income students non-completers were also students of color.
