That brisk uptick in Latino college enrollment is part of a trend that began in the mid-2000s: The share of college students who were Latino grew from 11 percent in 2006 to 17 percent last year. (Between 2009 and 2010, the number of Latinos in college increased by nearly a quqrter .) Last year, the number of Latinos enrolled in college or grad school was at 3.4 million, an all-time high.
A dive into the country's school enrollment numbers shows more signs of a coming swell of Latinos among the college ranks. Nearly a quarter of all elementary students in the country are now Latino, which means a bigger pool of Latino kids who will be able to consider college in the next decade.
