National Center for Educatio Statistics

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2016 National Center for Educatio Statistics

"Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Group"s" examines the educational progress and challenges students face in the United States by race/ethnicity. This report shows that over time, students in the racial/ethnic groups of White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races have completed high school and continued their education in college in increasing numbers. Despite these gains, the rate of progress has varied among these racial/ethnic groups and differences by race/ethnicity persist in terms of increases in attainment and progress on key indicators of educational performance.