Poverty is one of the most reliable predictors of student success -- poor children tend to perform worse academically than students who aren't poor. Almost 1.4 million California schoolchildren lived below the poverty line last year, up 32 percent from 2007, new census figures show. All told, about one in every five California schoolchildren now live below the poverty line. Use this database to see poverty trends for every California school district.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Note: Figures shown include poverty rates for all children in district between 5 and 17, including those attending private school and those who are homeschooled. Also included are 16- and 17-year-old dropouts. Since this data is based on statistical sampling, figures for larger districts are more reliable than figures for smaller districts.
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