Surge in Hispanic Student Enrollment Predicted

By Jeff Archer

By 2030, nearly one in four school-age children in the United States will likely be of Hispanic origin, a new report from the U.S. Bureau of the Census predicts.

The report shows that Hispanics will make up 24.5 percent of the overall U.S. population by 2050. But the high birthrate among Hispanics means the growth in the Hispanic population will be even faster among people age 18 and under, and thus will be seen in school enrollments well before the midcentury mark.

The first such projection issued since 1993, the report also foresees a sharp increase in...