
According to the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress, eighth-grade black boys scored only marginally higher on their average reading and math scores when compared to fourth-grade white girls. Latino males had about the same results. Many impoverished minority students make the difficult decision to drop out, resulting in a graduation rate of only 57 percent for black males and 62 percent for Latino males within four years of attending high school. White men fare much better, with a comparable 79 percent graduation rate.