Statistics for Ethiopian Jews in Israel (2008)

Only 1/3 of Ethiopian students in elementary and middle school receive grades at or above the national average.
Approximately 40% of Ethiopian students grades 1-9 cannot read or write at their grade level.
6.2% of Ethiopian students aged 14-17 dropout, as opposed to 3.5% in the general population.
More than 3% of Ethiopian students are in special education.
32% of Ethiopian students (as opposed to 50% in the general population) are eligible for matriculation exams for higher education each year.
Over the past four years there was no substantial increase in the numbers of Ethiopian students in higher education - Approximately 1,000 on average yearly and approximately 1,000 on average in preparatory courses.
There is a significantly higher rate of crime and at-risk behavior among Ethiopian youth.

47% of Ethiopian adults, ages 25 - 54 do not participate in the Israeli labor market in any form, as opposed to 24% of other Israelis of the same age group.
Only 38% of Ethiopian women ages 25 - 54 are in the labor market, as opposed to 68% of other Israeli women of the same age group.
More than 90% of Ethiopian immigrants, who are employed, work in low-paying manual labor and minimum wage positions.
62% of Ethiopian families have no income at all.
72% of Ethiopian children live in households below the poverty line.
The majority of Ethiopian immigrants with professional degrees and/or degrees of higher education are unable to find work in their fields.

Sources: Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews (IAEJ)