Table 6. Public school high school number of dropouts and event dropout rate, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2005–06
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| Reporting states1 | 9,976 | 6.9 | | 15,698 | 2.4 | | 148,515 | 5.8 | | 124,636 | 6.3 | | 195,079 | 2.6 |
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| Alabama | 24 | 1.3 | | 25 | 1.2 | | 114 | 2.9 | | 2,239 | 2.9 | | 2,947 | 2.3 |
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| Alaska | 1,241 | 11.7 | | 203 | 6.9 | | 152 | 9.7 | | 189 | 10.0 | | 1,562 | 6.2 |
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| Arizona | ‡ | ‡ | | 328 | 4.4 | | 9,704 | 9.3 | | 1,263 | 8.1 | | ‡ | ‡ |
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| Arkansas | 23 | 2.5 | | 49 | 2.4 | | 264 | 3.8 | | 1,306 | 4.2 | | 2,644 | 2.7 |
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| California | 738 | 4.4 | | 4,300 | 1.8 | | 40,323 | 4.8 | | 10,607 | 6.5 | | 15,041 | 2.3 |
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| Colorado | 356 | 13.5 | | 353 | 4.8 | | 8,244 | 15.8 | | 1,709 | 12.5 | | 7,239 | 4.7 |
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| Connecticut | 13 | 2.3 | | 36 | 0.7 | | 1,050 | 4.6 | | 640 | 2.8 | | 1,471 | 1.3 |
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| Delaware | 9 | 6.8 | | 29 | 2.9 | | 235 | 9.8 | | 809 | 7.3 | | 912 | 4.2 |
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| District of Columbia | ‡ | ‡ | | 22 | 7.4 | | ‡ | ‡ | | ‡ | ‡ | | 23 | 4.0 |
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| Florida | 84 | 3.7 | | 320 | 1.7 | | 8,799 | 5.0 | | 10,931 | 5.8 | | 11,804 | 2.9 |
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| Georgia | 35 | 5.4 | | 270 | 2.1 | | 2,102 | 7.8 | | 9,899 | 5.6 | | 10,709 | 4.7 |
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| Hawaii | 16 | 6.9 | | 1,846 | 4.5 | | 129 | 5.5 | | 53 | 5.1 | | 564 | 5.3 |
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| Idaho | 63 | 5.6 | | 16 | 1.3 | | 533 | 6.5 | | 30 | 4.8 | | 1,449 | 2.2 |
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| Illinois | 64 | 4.2 | | 419 | 1.8 | | 6,307 | 6.7 | | 9,545 | 7.8 | | 8,383 | 2.3 |
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| Indiana | 25 | 3.4 | | 61 | 1.7 | | 646 | 4.8 | | 1,788 | 5.0 | | 6,396 | 2.5 |
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| Iowa | 57 | 6.0 | | 50 | 1.8 | | 409 | 6.1 | | 414 | 6.3 | | 2,434 | 1.8 |
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| Kansas | 77 | 3.7 | | 78 | 2.4 | | 607 | 4.5 | | 531 | 4.4 | | 2,066 | 1.9 |
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| Kentucky | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Louisiana | 111 | 8.6 | | 148 | 5.6 | | 291 | 9.8 | | 8,408 | 12.0 | | 5,424 | 5.7 |
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| Maine | 39 | 10.1 | | 46 | 5.7 | | 44 | 8.1 | | 62 | 5.5 | | 3,149 | 5.3 |
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| Maryland | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Massachusetts | 52 | 6.6 | | 352 | 2.7 | | 2,794 | 7.9 | | 1,703 | 6.6 | | 4,953 | 2.3 |
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| Michigan | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Minnesota | 688 | 11.8 | | 546 | 3.5 | | 1,161 | 10.3 | | 1,939 | 8.6 | | 4,335 | 1.9 |
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| Mississippi | 17 | 7.6 | | 21 | 1.9 | | 41 | 3.1 | | 2,513 | 3.7 | | 1,508 | 2.3 |
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| Missouri | 71 | 6.5 | | 83 | 2.0 | | 429 | 6.3 | | 3,757 | 7.9 | | 7,243 | 3.3 |
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| Montana | 405 | 8.5 | | 7 | 1.2 | | 53 | 5.4 | | 18 | 6.3 | | 1,276 | 3.1 |
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| Nebraska | 97 | 7.3 | | 41 | 2.7 | | 496 | 6.4 | | 500 | 8.0 | | 1,381 | 1.9 |
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| Nevada | 169 | 9.1 | | 485 | 5.4 | | 3,297 | 10.1 | | 1,233 | 9.4 | | 3,752 | 6.3 |
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| New Hampshire | 9 | 4.9 | | 18 | 1.7 | | 109 | 6.6 | | 33 | 3.6 | | 1,958 | 3.1 |
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| New Jersey | ‡ | ‡ | | 188 | 0.7 | | 2,019 | 3.1 | | 1,853 | 2.8 | | 2,567 | 1.1 |
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| New Mexico | 829 | 6.6 | | 43 | 3.3 | | 2,854 | 5.9 | | 126 | 5.2 | | 1,458 | 4.5 |
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| New York | 250 | 7.0 | | 2,063 | 3.4 | | 12,581 | 7.8 | | 12,577 | 7.3 | | 11,280 | 2.4 |
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| North Carolina | 471 | 9.8 | | ‡ | ‡ | | ‡ | ‡ | | ‡ | ‡ | | ‡ | ‡ |
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| North Dakota | 193 | 7.3 | | 5 | 1.6 | | 20 | 5.0 | | 10 | 2.6 | | 452 | 1.6 |
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| Ohio | 61 | 8.1 | | 133 | 1.8 | | 924 | 8.5 | | 9,168 | 9.9 | | 12,314 | 2.8 |
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| Oklahoma | 1,225 | 3.8 | | 58 | 1.8 | | 741 | 6.2 | | 882 | 4.7 | | 3,394 | 3.1 |
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| Oregon | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Pennsylvania | 32 | 3.9 | | 317 | 2.3 | | 2,242 | 7.2 | | 5,305 | 6.1 | | 8,266 | 1.8 |
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| Rhode Island | 23 | 7.6 | | 69 | 4.8 | | 587 | 7.6 | | 240 | 5.7 | | 1,076 | 3.1 |
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| South Carolina | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| South Dakota | 610 | 20.0 | | 23 | 5.0 | | 53 | 8.4 | | 45 | 8.5 | | 954 | 2.8 |
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| Tennessee | 19 | 4.0 | | 77 | 2.0 | | 390 | 5.3 | | 3,138 | 4.6 | | 4,188 | 2.1 |
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| Texas | 179 | 4.3 | | 632 | 1.6 | | 29,815 | 5.9 | | 11,101 | 5.9 | | 11,977 | 2.3 |
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| Utah | 198 | 7.6 | | 134 | 2.8 | | 1,126 | 7.2 | | 89 | 5.3 | | 3,456 | 2.8 |
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| Vermont | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Virginia | 41 | 3.8 | | 313 | 1.6 | | 1,533 | 6.4 | | 3,680 | 3.8 | | 4,340 | 1.9 |
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| Washington | 921 | 10.5 | | 1,145 | 4.3 | | 3,096 | 8.8 | | 1,793 | 10.2 | | 11,472 | 4.8 |
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| West Virginia | 8 | 7.9 | | 2 | 0.3 | | 27 | 5.0 | | 163 | 4.5 | | 3,048 | 3.9 |
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| Wisconsin | 250 | 5.9 | | 224 | 2.3 | | 704 | 4.9 | | 1,997 | 7.8 | | 3,096 | 1.3 |
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| Wyoming | 183 | 21.2 | | 11 | 3.8 | | 212 | 10.4 | | 30 | 8.9 | | 1,111 | 4.7 |
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| Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions |
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| DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| American Samoa | 0 | † | | 107 | 2.5 | | 0 | † | | 0 | † | | 0 | † |
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| Guam | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Northern Marianas Islands | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| Puerto Rico | 0 | † | | 0 | † | | 1,173 | 0.7 | | 0 | † | | 0 | † |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — |
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| — Not available. State did not report dropout counts or reported counts that did not conform to the NCES definition. |
| † Not applicable. Jurisdiction reported membership of zero. |
| ‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for districts that represent more than 20 percent of total race/ethnicity category membership. |
| 1 Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported data. |
| 2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively. |
| NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. Ungraded students (students not in a standard grade) who drop out of school are assigned by the local education agency (LEA) to the graded dropout count that most closely matches the grade they would have been enrolled in based on their age. Ungraded student enrollments are prorated into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2005–06, Version 1b. |
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