Minority Students Become Majority In North Carolina District

North Carolina's News & Observer (11/23, Hui) reported, "For the first time, minority students now account for a majority of the students in the Wake County school system." White students now make up 40.5 percent of the student population in Wake County, down from 51.1 percent last year. "After white students, the next largest group in Wake is black students," making up 24.8 percent of the population. Hispanic students "account for 14.6 percent of the enrollment" and are "the fastest-growing group in the school system."