A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South’s Public Schools

This Southern Education Foundation research report reviews trends in the growth of low income children in the South’s public schools. The report finds that public schools in the region have enrolled a majority of low income students in each of the last three years (2004-2006) and today the South is the only region in the nation where low income students are 50 percent or more of public school enrollment.

To read the full report, click on A New Majority Report10-07-Southern Education Foundation.pdf