Report: 300%+ Increase in Immigrant Students in Washoe County

Posted: Sep 2, 2008 05:03 PM CDT

Kellene Stockwell


The number of immigrant students enrolled in the Washoe County School District has jumped more than 300% in the last 12 years.

In the 1996-1997 school year there were 565 immigrant students according to district figures; at the end of last year, there were 1,743 immigrants - an increase of 308%.

The school district considers a student an immigrant if he or she wasn't born in the U.S. and hasn't attended a U.S. school for more than three academic years.

The Reno Gazette-Journal has also come out with a report on the number of illegal immigrants living in Washoe County. It estimates about 22,000 people live in our area illegally.

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