Reply #17: Here is a little more info from the CIA Factbook on education in Cuba [View All]

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
Current stats

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Education expenditures:
9.1% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 9

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I assume that high school graduation rate is not completely perfect; there are bound to be malcontents and rebellious drop-outs as in other societies. But far fewer than other countries in the region. That almost 100 percent literacy rate indicates that the system works just fine.

As for any homeless, I would think there are people who prefer to live in the streets but that may be because they have chosen that lifestyle.

As for the billboard, I have never seen anything to approximates that claim here in the States.