Recommendations for Improving Latino Student Achievement

Submitted to the Montgomery County Board of Education and Montgomery County Public Schools
Prepared by the Montgomery County Latino Education Coalition March 8, 2006

Executive Summary:

Latino enrollment in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is currently 20.1%. Latino student performance, however, is far below that of other students.  In 2005, Latino students had the lowest graduation rate in the County (82.23) and had also fared worse than Asian, White and African American students in regard to graduation rates the previous year. For two years in a row, Latino students have also had the highest dropout rate (3.74 in 2004 and 3.88 in 2005). For the past ten years, Latino students have had lower attendance rates than Whites, Asians and African American high school students.  In 2005, of the 325 Latino student dropouts from MCPS, 171 were listed as dropping out for “lack of interest.”
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