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But as their growth among all college-age students continues to outpace other groups, Hispanics are now, for the first time, the largest minority group among the nation\u2019s four-year college and university students. Hispanics also made up one-quarter (25.2%) of 18- to 24-year-old students enrolled in two-year colleges.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the nation\u2019s public schools, Hispanics also reached new milestones. For the first time, one-in-four (24.7%) public elementary school students were Hispanic, following similar milestones reached recently by Hispanics among public kindergarten students (in 2007) and public nursery school students (in 2006). Among all pre-K through 12th grade public school students, a record 23.9% were Hispanic in 2011.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new milestones reflect a number of continuing upward trends. 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