Editing Milton Hershey School (section)

=== Demographics ===
The school housed 2,020 students in the 2017–18 school year. Of these, 44.5% were white, 33.8% were black, 8.7% were Hispanic, 1.0% were Asian, and 11.0% identified with two or more races.<ref name="nces-demographics">{{cite web |title=School Information – Milton Hershey School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=Milton+Hershey+School&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=01200519 |website=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> There were 395 students in pre-K through 4th grade, 545 students in grades 5–8, and 950 students in grades 10–12.<ref name="nces-demographics" /> According to the school's website, there are roughly an equal number of boys and girls.<ref name="mhs-about">{{cite web |title=MHS Fast Facts |url=https://www.mhskids.org/about/mhs-fast-facts/ |website=Milton Hershey School |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> While in 2000 only about one tenth of students had a deceased parent,<ref name="2000-baltimore-sun" /> nearly 90 percent of the students come from single-parent homes as of 2020, with an average income of $22,000.<ref name="2020-fox43">{{cite news |last1=Yonkunas |first1=Rachel |title=FOX43 Reveals: A stepping stone out of poverty |url=https://www.fox43.com/article/news/investigations/fox43-reveals/fox43-reveals-a-stepping-stone-out-of-poverty/521-f835a47b-1506-4c19-91d6-19e969b7a640 |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=Fox43 |date=23 November 2020}}</ref>

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|+ Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2019–2020<ref name="nces_psch" />
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! White !! Black !! Hispanic !! Two or More Races !! Asian !! American Indian/Alaska Native !! Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
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| 843 || 693 || 374 || 221 || 29 || 8 || 3
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The Compass Project enables Milton Hershey School students to develop leadership skills and build character.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-05|title=Milton Hershey School expansion moves forward in South Hanover Township|url=https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2015/11/milton_hershey_school_expansio.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=pennlive|language=en}}</ref> The school's Multicultural and Global Education program allows high school students to travel internationally and gain worldly experience and global awareness.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Milton Hershey School Students Attend Global Leadership Summit in Peru and Win Team Competition|url=http://baltimoretimes-online.com/news/2017/mar/28/milton-hershey-school-students-attend-global-leade/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=The Baltimore Times, Inc. Positive Stories}}</ref>

Non-sectarian Christian religious training has been mandatory since the school's beginning.<ref name="1928-sunday-news">{{cite news |title=Hershey Industrial School A Monument To Chocolate King: Boys From 4 To 18 Taught There For Life's Work |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/566472497 |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=Sunday News |date=11 March 1928 |location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Religious Programs |url=https://www.mhskids.org/mhs-experience/religious-programs/ |website=Milton Hershey School |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> School guidelines prohibit pressuring students to convert faiths; some students, however, have reported being proselytized by their house parents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeJesus |first1=Ivey |title=Evangelizing at Milton Hershey: Is this what the Chocolate King envisioned? |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/01/evangelizing_at_milton_hershey.html |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=The Patriot-News |date=25 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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