| Table
16.-Percentage of dropouts in the 100 largest school districts in
the United States1 : School
year 1998-99
- Part 1 || Part 2 |
| Name of reporting district | State | Percentage of Dropouts |
| Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 | Grade 9-12 | Grade 7-12 |
| New York City Public Schools | NY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Los Angeles Unified | CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerto Rico Deptartment of Education | PR | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| City of Chicago School District2
|
IL | 18.1 | 19.0 | 14.1 | 9.9 | 16.2 | 10.7 |
| Dade County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Broward County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Houston Independent School District | TX | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Philadelphia City School District | PA | 8.6 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 6.6 |
| Clark County School District | NV | 3.1 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 19.4 | 9.2 | 6.2 |
| Hawaii Department of Education | HI | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Detroit City School District | MI | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dallas Independent School District | TX | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hillsborough County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairfax County Public Schools2
|
VA | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| Palm Beach County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Orange County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Diego City Unified | CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prince Georges County Public
Schools2 |
MD | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| Montgomery County Public Schools2
|
MD | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Duval County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Memphis City School District2
|
TN | 6.7 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 7.0 |
| Pinellas County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baltimore City Public School
System2 |
MD | 13.3 | 12.9 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 7.8 |
| Baltimore County Public Schools2
|
MD | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| Jefferson (KY) County | KY | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 5.2 |
| | |
| Milwaukee School District | WI | 13.4 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 8.3 |
| Gwinnett County School District | GA | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| De Kalb County School District | GA | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 8.2 | 6.2 |
| Wake County Schools | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Cobb County School District | GA | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| Long Beach Unified | CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson (CO) County | CO | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Albuquerque Public Schools | NM | 10.0 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 7.5 |
| Orleans Parish School Board | LA | 12.1 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 13.8 | 10.5 |
| | |
| Austin Independent School District | TX | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fresno Unified | CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Worth Independent School District | TX | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virginia Beach City Public Schools2
|
VA | 6.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.1 |
| Polk County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Cleveland City School District | OH | 26.8 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 16.7 | 23.5 | 18.4 |
| Anne Arundel County Public Schools2
|
MD | 4.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.5 |
| Granite School District | UT | 2.5 | 9.2 | 12.0 | 23.3 | 11.6 | 8.4 |
| Jordan School District | UT | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| District of Columbia Public Schools | DC | 8.7 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 6.0 |
| | |
| Mesa Unified School District2
|
AZ | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| Denver County | CO | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brevard County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nashville-Davidson County School
District2 |
TN | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 5.0 |
| Fulton County School District | GA | 3.9 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 |
| | |
| Mobile County School District2
|
AL | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | — |
| Columbus City School District | OH | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 5.1 |
| Boston School District | MA | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 6.8 |
| El Paso Independent School District | TX | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tucson Unified District2
|
AZ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | |
| Northside Independent School District | TX | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guilford County Schools | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Francisco Unified | CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlanta City School District | GA | 10.2 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Volusia County School District | FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— Data Missing.
1Includes outlying areas,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2States
were asked to report on an October through September cycle. However,
these districts were in states that reported on an alternative July
through June cycle.
NOTE: Ungraded membership is prorated in the calculation of the
dropout rate. Membership is taken from the 1998-1999 file. In calculating
the aggregate 7-12 dropout rate, any districts that did not report
dropouts for all grades 7 through 12 were marked as not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary Education
Agency Universe Survey", 1999-2000 and "Public Elementary/Secondary
School Universe Survey", 1998-1999. |
