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Connecticut Has 3rd Lowest Percentage Of Low-Income Students

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Connecticut has the third lowest percent of low-income students in public schools in the nation, according to a report released last week and posted on CTbythenumbers.info.

Connecticut has the third lowest percent of low-income students in public schools, according to a report released last week.

Connecticut has the third lowest percent of low-income students in public schools, according to a report released last week.

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In Connecticut, 36 percent of students were classified as low-income in the study by the National Center for Education statistics. New Hampshire (27 percent) and North Dakota (30 percent) were the only other states with a lower percentage of low-income students in public schools.

Vermont also had 36 percent, tying with Connecticut. Only 10 states had percentages of less than 40 percent. 

In Mississippi, 71 percent of the students were classified as low-income. New Mexico (68 percent) and Louisiana (65 percent) ranked just behind Mississippi. Twenty-one states had percentages of 50 percent or higher.

The conclusion of the report states: "The trends of the last decade strongly suggest that little or nothing will change for the better if schools and communities continue to postpone addressing the primary question of education in America today: what does it take and what will be done to provide low income students with a good chance to succeed in public schools? It is a question of how, not where, to improve the education of a new majority of students.”

Click here for the complete report by Ctbythenumbers.info.

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