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Achievement of Low income students

  • Impoverished children scored in the 19th percentile in assessments while others score in the 66th percentile
  • In the Early Childhood Longitudinal study, kids with the lowest income level scored in the 30th percentile, those with middle income scored in the 45th percentile, and those in the upper income group in the 70th percentile
  • Only 13.2% of low-income students met all subject area requirements
  • The longer the child is in poverty, the greater effect it has on academic achievement
  • Middle adolescents are affected most by poverty (on academic achievement)
  • *Some studies have found no correlation between low income and performance

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Updated 2020-12-27

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