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School Enrollment Increased 79 Percent.22, 23
Nevada had an 83 percent increase in children aged 10-to-14 during the 1990s.The number of children aged 4 and younger increased by 58 percent. Las Vegas’ school enrollment doubled during the 1990s.24 Clark County school district (which includes Las Vegas) projects that it will add 10,000 to 15,000 students every year.25 Already, schools there are so crowded that students complain that they can’t find available restrooms in between classes.26 The average student-teacher ratio in the district’s secondary schools is 32 to 1;some classes have more than 40 students.27
Twenty-eight percent of Nevada children have immigrant parents. Six percent of Nevada children are foreign- born themselves.28 Nevada’s total foreign-born population increased by 202 percent from 1990 to 2000.29
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