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Local Statistics
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One out of
every five Dallas children is being raised in poverty.
(United
Way of Metropolitan Dallas) .
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According to HUD criteria, 25% of Dallas
County households are defined as very low-income households.
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More than 89% of Dallas’ public school
children are living below the poverty level. (Dallas Independent School
District Campus Data Support Department, FY 2005).
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Dallas Independent School District (DISD).
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Of the
thousands of children who need after school programs in Dallas, there
are only enough after school slots to care for 12.5% of the children
who need them (Dallas Commission on Children and Youth).
Camp Fire USA currently serves over 7,000 children each year through our after
school programs.
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According
to the KIDS
COUNT > Right Start Online, 2002:
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According
to the Dallas County Child Death and Infant Mortality Review Team, 2002:
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Stats on the Students and Schools of
the
Dallas Independent School District
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Roughly
76.1% (135,232) of the children in the Dallas Independent School District
are economically disadvantaged and qualify for free or reduce school
lunches.
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Dallas has
the second-highest graduation rate among the 10 largest U.S. cities.
However, roughly one out of every four residents (ages 25 and older) in
Dallas has not completed high school.
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Hispanics in
Dallas have the lowest high school completion rate (33.4%) and the lowest
college completion rate (6.5%) among the major ethnic groups in the city.
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Less than
50% of the Dallas ISD graduating seniors in 2002 took a
college entrance
exam.
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Less than
30% of Hispanic seniors graduating from the Dallas ISD in 2002 took a
college entrance exam.
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SAT and ACT
scores for Dallas ISD graduates are below the state average.
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