A region's social wealth is a measure of how the community renews itself, has access to capital so as to take actions necessary to meet community needs, and in the process sustains itself through time. All communities need ongoing financial, social and spiritual renewal, and commitment to these renewal activities says much about a community's enduring identity. Summary Current reports from local schools indicate that the ethnic and cultural composition is gradually diversifying.
High schools continue to see students leave before graduating.
However, dropout rates are below the state average. Adult education levels rose between 1980 and 1990. This may be in part because incoming residents tend to be well educated, and teens leaving school may leave the community. Teen pregnancy rates are lower than in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but are above the state average and have recently begun to rise. Lack of early prenatal care is high, an important measure of limited access to medical facilities.