Nearly 75 percent of middle school students read below the national average.

Last year, only 18 percent of its students were reading at or above grade level.

In 1999, only 35 percent of its students read at or above grade level.

More than 80 percent of the people cannot read or write.

In 1984, 53.5 percent of the students read at grade level or above.

Only about 20 percent of the 7.5 million people can read and write.

Because less than three percent of you people read books!

In 1990, 92 percent of the school's students were reading at or above grade level.

Among the 835 students, 71.7 percent read at or above grade level.

Last year, 41.2 percent of the students were reading at or above grade level.