The high-school completion rates of native-born Hispanics declines with higher levels of immigration

Hispanics are the native group living in school districts with the most immigrants, and black and Hispanic males have the lowest native graduation rates, so it is not surprising that native Hispanic males are most sensitive to child immigration. The relatively large negative effect on native Hispanic males of child immigrants of poorly educated parents may be an indicator that native students are most affected in school when exposed to culturally similar immigrants. Native Hispanics increase their 12-year completion rates in response to European, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand immigrants, while blacks do not. This suggests that the explanation can be in part related to similarity between native and immigrant Hispanics. Only 65.9% of Hispanic students are graduating on time from high school, compared to 82% of white students. The high school dropout rates for minority and poor students are disproportionately high.