Family Characteristics of School-Age Children lives in poverty according to census data 21% of school children are in poverty source Source National Center for Education Statistics one fifth according to census data source https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cce.asp the most-educated parents of any racial or ethnic group U.S. Department of Education the National Center for Education Statistics study lives in poverty of the right culture https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cce.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cce.asp children living in impoverished families has increased by 6% http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cce.asp