This document provides an account of the status of Hispanics in inner-city public high schools, and recommendations for improving that status. The report has two main parts. The first gives background data which reveal, among other things, that although the majority of Hispanic students enter high school with aspirations as high as any social group, 45% of Mexican American and Puerto Rican students never finish high school (compared to 17% of Anglos). The second part contains seven sets of findings and recommendations for improvement. Half of these relate to outreach and cooperative endeavors on the part of schools and other sectors of society, notably the business sector. The remainder relate more specifically to the internal structure, organization, curriculum, and especially the culture of schools. The recommendations stress the importance of improved teaching of both Spanish and English, and the need of Hispanic students for relationship with caring adults. And finally, the Federal role is discussed, and Congress is urged to be more precise about targeting block grant money to students with special needs. (KH)