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By Stephen Gruber-Miller/IowaWatch and West Liberty Index, Gregg Hennigan/The Gazette, Jermaine Pigee/The Hawk Eye and Joe Sutter/Fort Dodge Messenger
Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Only 10 percent of Latino Iowans graduated college in 2010 compared to 16 percent of black and 25 percent of white Iowans, all below the national averages. Perhaps more alarming because how important a high school diploma is, a gap in high school graduation rates for white, black and Latino Iowans continues to persist.
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Gary Marx Journalism Fund, Arnold Ventures, Kirkpatrick Foundation, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Builders Initiative
