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A
child in Mississippi:
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is born into poverty every 46 minutes
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is abused or neglected every hour
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dies before her first birthday every 19 hours
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is killed by gunfire every 5 days
Percent
of Mississippi fourth graders reading below proficiency:
82%
Percent
of Mississippi 16- to 19-year-olds who are not enrolled
in school and are not high school graduates: 12.4%
Percent
of total births in Hinds County to teens: 18%
Percent
of total births in Hinds County to unmarried women: 57%
Percent
of total births in Hinds County to mothers with less than
12 years of education: 22%
Percent
students in Hinds County eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch
as an indicator of child poverty in 2001: 72%
Percent
of students at our neighborhood schools eligible for Free
and Reduced Lunch as an indicator of child poverty in 2003:
- Galloway: 94.6%,
- Rowan: 98.3%
- Lanier: 73.1%
Hinds
County high school graduation rate in 2001: 66%
Percent
of people living in poverty in Hinds County : 19.9%
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