A new stat from the National Center for Education statistics states that as the 2013-14 school year draws to a close it will mark the last year that white students stand in the majority in the nation's K-12 public school population, reports The Atlantic.

According to the graphics below, minorities of the black, Asian, Latino, and Native American heritage will make up a narrow majority when schools open this August and September.

Due to heavy population growth and a steady decline in Caucasian birth rates, Latinos will make up nearly 28 percent of America's student population in just three years.

The article for The Atlantic, written by Janell Ross and Peter Bell, ends with a tacked-on note that "some states with largely white state legislatures and aging electorates have already proven unwilling to raise taxes or divert needed funds to meet the needs of public schools" where minorities are slowly becoming the majority.