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U.S. Latino, black, and American Indian children have greater obstacles to success than white and Asian children, according to a new report, NPR reports.
The report, called Race for Results from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity.
The report includes a score that compares how racial/ethnic children are progressing on 12 key milestones from birth to adulthood—such as math proficiency, high school graduation data, teen birth rates, employment prospects, family income and education levels, and poverty levels—at the national and state levels.
The higher the score (up to 1,000), the better children fare.
Asian children have the highest score at 776, followed by white children at 704.
Among Latinos, only eight states had scores above 500, with the highest score in Alaska (573). The states with the lowest scores for Latino children are primarily located in the Mid-South and southwestern regions, with a low of 331.
On nearly every measure in our index, Latino children in immigrant families have the steepest obstacles to success.
“Scores for Latino (404), American-Indian (387) and African-American (345) children are distressingly lower, and this pattern holds true in nearly every state,” said the report.
The report indicates that “a call to action that requires serious and sustained attention from the private, nonprofit, philanthropic and government sectors to create equitable opportunities for children of color,” according to the NPR report.
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