New York City Youth Stats and Reference Information
POPULATION
- 1,956,934 children under 18 live in NYC (25% of overall population of 8 million)
- 470,164 between 15-19 years old
- Approximately 5 million live in Greater New York (overall population of 21 million)
EDUCATION
- Population of NYC public schools: 1.1 million students (By itself, the tenth largest city in U.S.; larger than eight U.S. states and all but nine U.S. cities, including: Detroit, Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Las Vegas.)
- Annual Budget of the NYC Department of Education: Total: $12,200,000,000 ($12.2 billion) / Average: $11,220 per student
- As of June 2002, 18% of teachers had failed licensing exams.
- 60.7% of the City's elementary students do not meet state and city reading standards.
- 64.7% do not grasp math standards.
- 26.5% of students in Grades 4-12 exhibit symptoms of at least one diagnosable psychiatric disorder requiring intervention.
- 5.1% of high school students abuse alcohol so severely as to impair daily functioning.
- Less than half of all high school students (49.5%) graduate in four years, compared to 68.4% nationally.
- 21.8% of the class of 2002 dropped out of high school
ECONOMICS
- Three out of ten children (28.8%) live below poverty, compared to 17.6% nationally
- Over half of babies born in NYC (55.5%) are born into poor families
- 72% of Latino and 61% of African American children live in poor families
- 37% of young children 0-4 years (202,000) receive WIC (food assistance)
SOURCES
- “Keeping Track of New York City’s Children 2005,” by Citizen's Committee for Children of New York
- NYC Department of Education
posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 1/31/2006 12:56:00 PM
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