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Education is generally seen as a path to success and people in poverty are less likely to attain an adequate level. In Travis County, 35,075 people over the age of 25 completed less than a 9th-grade education, and an additional 40,799 went to high school but didn't earn a diploma.
Of all adults over age 25 in Travis County, 14% do not have their high school diploma.
One in three Central Texas ninth graders is not enrolled in the twelfth grade three years later.
The #1 factor in the success of a school child is the educational level of the parent(s).