Education
A disproportionate number of Black and Latino fourth graders could not read at grade level. In Oregon:

85% of Black, non-Latino; and 66% of White, non-Latino fourth graders could not read at grade level.

For every 100 Black students enrolled, there were 7.3 suspensions. For every 100 White students enrolled, there were 5.3 suspensions.

10.4% of youth ages 16 to 19 were neither enrolled in school nor high school graduates.

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Health Care
Disadvantages in health care increase the risk that poor children and particularly poor children of color will be trapped in the pipeline. In 2005, an estimated 109,000 children (12.1%) were uninsured in Oregon.

In 2004, 2,758 babies (6.0%) were born at low birthweight in Oregon. This included: 10.6% of Black, non-Latino babies; and 6% of White, non-Latino babies.

34.7% of two-year-olds in Oregon did not receive all recommended immunizations in 2005.

Child Welfare
Children in foster care or with a history of abuse and neglect are at higher risk of being trapped in the pipeline.

Juvenile Justice System
Children of color are disproportionately represented in both the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Oregon spends 3.4 times as much per prisoner as per public school pupil.

Of the estimated 1,275 youth in residential placement in Oregon in 2003: 117 (9.2%) were Black, non-Latino; and 915 (71.8%) were White, non-Latino.