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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and secondary School Districts in the United States: 2000-2001
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Table 16.-Percentage of dropouts in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 1999-2000 - 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
Davis School District
UT
0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Atlanta City School District
GA
8.1 7.9 7.3 6.7 7.6 6.8
Seminole County School Dist
FL
Greenville County School Dist
SC
Santa Ana Unified
CA
 
San Antonio ISD
TX
8.7 9.4 9.0 12.3 9.6 6.9
Arlington ISD
TX
5.7 7.4 5.5 6.7 6.2 4.3
Lee County School District
FL
East Baton Rouge Parish Sch Bd
LA
14.1 15.6 14.4 11.8 14.1 11.0
Oakland Unified
CA
 
Washoe County School District
NV
2.8 3.6 7.1 10.5 5.7 3.8
Portland Sch Dist 1J
OR
10.6 11.2 13.6 15.4 12.5 9.2
Knox County School District
TN*
0.1 0.7 3.5 7.0 2.7 1.8
Fort Bend ISD
TX
1.6 2.2 1.7 7.6 3.0 2.0
Prince William Cnty Public Sch
VA*
2.2 3.4 3.3 5.6 3.5 2.4
 
Sacramento City Unified
CA
Jefferson Parish School Board
LA
14.7 13.4 10.9 7.5 12.1 9.3
Cumberland County Schools
NC
Aldine ISD
TX
4.9 5.3 4.3 6.5 5.2 3.4
Chesterfield Cnty Public schls
VA*
4.7 3.9 3.4 4.4 4.1 2.9
 
San Bernardino City Unified
CA
Cincinnati City SD
OH
14.5 12.2 9.4 6.6 11.7 8.9
Anchorage School District
AK*
1.9 2.6 3.9 4.2 3.1 2.3
North East ISD
TX
1.9 3.3 3.6 4.1 3.1 2.2
Shelby County School District
TN*
0.6 1.0 1.9 2.6 1.4 1.0
 
Garland ISD
TX
1.8 2.2 2.9 4.6 2.8 1.9
Minneapolis
MN
11.2 13.7 16.2 18.3 14.4 10.3
San Juan Unified
CA
Garden Grove Unified
CA
Seattle
WA
 
Wichita
KS
Pasco County School District
FL
Ysleta ISD
TX
2.7 6.0 7.2 11.4 6.7 4.7
Buffalo City SD
NY
Caddo Parish School Board
LA
12.6 10.6 9.8 11.7 11.3 7.7
 
Alpine School District
UT
0.7 1.7 3.4 4.4 2.6 2.0
St. Louis City
MO
10.2 10.2 8.3 7.2 9.4 6.9
Escambia County School Dist
FL
Clayton County School District
GA
9.2 9.9 10.2 11.3 10.0 6.4
St. Paul
MN
3.5 7.2 10.7 19.4 10.1 7.2
 
—Not available.
*This state reported on an alternative July through June cycle rather than the specified October through September cycle.
NOTE: Ungraded membership is prorated in the calculation of the dropout rate. Membership is taken from the 1999-2000 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. The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01 and "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999-2000.

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