When it comes to educational challenges, the nation's 12.1 million Hispanic schoolchildren face plenty: language, poverty, lower - than - average graduation rates for high school and college, and, more recently, a wave of laws targeting illegal immigrants that has made school seem like less of a safe haven for Hispanic students in some states. (edweek.org)
Charters in general have a national average graduation rate of 70 percent, below the 85 percent level for regular high schools. (neatoday.org)
The 75 percent threshold used in the 2017 rankings is still lower than the national average graduation rate as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics, which was 83 percent in 2014 - 2015. (grandcanyoninstitute.org)