---
title: "IV. Explaining the Latino Education Achievement Gap"
description: "![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2009/10/2009-edu-gap-08.png)"
date: "2009-10-07"
authors:
  - name: "Mark Hugo Lopez"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2009/10/07/iv-explaining-the-latino-education-achievement-gap/"
categories:
  - "Hispanic/Latino Demographics"
  - "Hispanics/Latinos & Education"
---

# IV. Explaining the Latino Education Achievement Gap

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2009/10/2009-edu-gap-08.png)

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![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2009/10/2009-edu-gap-10.png)

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