Stats that Stick: September 14, 2011
Students from middle-class schools that earn a college degree by 26: 28 percent A new report, "Incomplete: How Middle-Class Schools Aren't Making the Grade," released this week shows that middle-class public schools educate the majority of U.S. students but pay lower teacher salaries, have larger class sizes and spend less per pupil than low-income and wealthy schools. It also found middle-class schools are underachieving. It pointed to their national and international test scores and noted that 28 percent of their graduates earn a college degree by age 26, compared to 17 percent for lower-income students and 47 percent for upper-income students.
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