For African-Americans and Hispanics, more than one in three high school students fails to graduate on time

Nationally, one in four high school students fails to graduate on time, according to the Education Trust, an independent nonprofit organization that focuses on high academic achievement. For African-American and Hispanic students, the rate is more than one in three. In Ohio, schools graduated only 71% of black students and 67% of Hispanic students in 2006, the last year for which figures are available. That compares to 90% of white students and 93% of Asian students.