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Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98
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Table 5c.—Dropout rate for grades 9–12, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1995–96
State Total Race/ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic
Alabama*
5.6 1.4 3.2 6.2 6.1 5.4
Alaska*
5.6 8.0 4.7 10.4 4.1 4.8
Arizona*
10.2 15.8 5.9 17.5 16.7 5.9
Arkansas
4.1 3.4 2.7 8.2 6.0 3.4
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
4.8 3.8 4.7 12.5 8.3 3.1
Delaware
4.5 ? 0.5 8.3 5.3 4.0
District of Columbia
Florida
 
Georgia
8.5 6.2 5.1 12.5 9.7 7.7
Hawaii
Idaho*
8.0
Illinois*
6.4 7.2 3.0 11.8 13.0 3.9
Indiana
 
Iowa
3.1 9.7 3.6 8.5 10.3 2.7
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
11.6 15.0 12.2 17.6 13.4 9.9
Maine
3.1 4.5 1.8 5.3 5.1 3.1
 
Maryland*
4.8 7.0 1.4 4.9 7.8 3.3
Massachusetts
3.4 4.4 2.3 7.8 5.9 2.7
Michigan
Minnesota
5.2 19.3 7.0 16.6 20.3 4.0
Mississippi
6.2 9.2 4.7 5.5 6.8 5.6
 
Missouri
6.5 9.0 4.4 9.7 11.7 5.6
Montana
5.6 10.4 6.4 13.0 13.5 5.1
Nebraska
4.5 17.1 6.1 13.5 13.3 3.5
Nevada
9.6 10.5 7.5 15.0 13.0 8.1
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey*
4.1 11.0 1.3 8.3 8.9 2.3
New Mexico
8.3 8.4 6.3 10.5 10.3 5.7
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
2.5 11.2 2.5 4.2 5.7 1.9
 
Ohio
5.4 10.6 4.6 14.3 11.4 4.3
Oklahoma
5.7 5.2 4.1 12.0 8.4 5.1
Oregon
7.0 10.5 5.4 16.2 12.4 6.3
Pennsylvania
4.0 6.6 3.1 12.0 10.1 2.8
Rhode Island
4.6 6.4 3.6 8.1 9.6 3.8
 
South Carolina
South Dakota*
5.7 22.6 4.3 7.6 11.5 3.5
Tennessee*
4.9 4.4 2.5 5.2 8.3 4.0
Texas
Utah
4.4
 
Vermont*
5.3 3.7 1.2 0.7 2.6 5.4
Virginia*
4.7 8.2 3.2 7.9 6.5 4.0
Washington
West Virginia
3.8 9.4 1.5 0.9 4.4 3.8
Wisconsin*
2.4 4.0 2.1 7.2 10.2 1.6
Wyoming
5.7 15.6 2.0 9.4 13.4 5.2
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
0.2 0.2
Guam
13.9
Northern Marianas
5.0 4.9 28.7
Puerto Rico*
1.5 1.5
Virgin Islands
2.3 2.6 2.2 5.3
 
— Data missing.
? Not applicable. There were no American Indian dropouts in the state for the 1995–96 school year.
* This state reported on an alternative July–June cycle rather than the specified October–September cycle.
NOTE: Caution should be used when interpreting results by race/ethnicity as some of the racial/ethnic group populations are quite small in some states. To see the percentage of individuals in each racial/ethnic group in the state see appendix tables A-6a–f.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97."
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