Last year, white students averaged 16 to a class compared with 41 to a class for black students.
The students averaged B, but their scores "on all the national examinations is below average," he said.
Most school officials interviewed estimated that students working part time are averaging about $5 an hour.
Before participation in the program, students averaged 53% on a standardized science, technology, and math test.
The students averaged two lies a day, the others one.
"Sweepstakes" awards are given to the top (normally ten) schools whose students average the best performance in each test or division.
American students averaged 55 percent correct in math.
In math, students averaged 476 points, unchanged in four years despite the schools' increased attention to mathematics.
The students will average four days per week of on-water instruction, weather permitting.
He said students today averaged only $110 a semester for textbooks.
