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| Table 5e.—Dropout rate for grades 9–12, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1993–94 |
|
State |
Total |
Race/ethnicity |
American Indian/
Alaska Native |
Asian/
Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
Black, non-
Hispanic |
White, non-
Hispanic |
| 5.8
| 1.2
| 4.8
| 8.9
| 6.9
| 5.3 |
|---|
Alaska
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 13.7
| 20.5
| 7.3
| 20.0
| 16.9
| 10.2 |
|---|
Arkansas
| 5.3
| 3.3
| 3.4
| 6.6
| 7.9
| 4.5 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Colorado
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Connecticut
| 4.8
| 4.5
| 2.5
| 12.8
| 8.8
| 3.2 |
|---|
Delaware
| 4.6
| ?
| 2.6
| 6.8
| 6.8
| 3.8 |
|---|
District of Columbia
| 9.5
| ?
| 5.7
| 7.8
| 9.7
| 9.0 |
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 8.7
| 7.9
| 5.4
| 11.8
| 9.1
| 8.5 |
|---|
Hawaii
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 8.5
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 6.8
| 7.6
| 2.8
| 14.1
| 13.2
| 4.2 |
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 3.2
| 9.6
| 3.6
| 8.5
| 10.1
| 2.9 |
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kentucky
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Louisiana
| 4.7
| 6.6
| 5.7
| 4.8
| 6.8
| 3.0 |
|---|
Maine
| 3.1
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 5.2
| 5.3
| 1.7
| 4.5
| 8.7
| 3.6 |
|---|
Massachusetts
| 3.7
| 9.3
| 3.3
| 9.2
| 6.4
| 2.9 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Minnesota
| 5.1
| 18.3
| 7.7
| 17.6
| 20.8
| 4.0 |
|---|
Mississippi
| 6.1
| 8.9
| 4.8
| 8.1
| 6.5
| 5.8 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 7.0
| 8.3
| 4.0
| 9.2
| 12.1
| 6.1 |
|---|
Montana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Nebraska
| 4.6
| 23.1
| 5.4
| 14.2
| 11.4
| 3.7 |
|---|
Nevada
| 9.8
| 14.2
| 8.1
| 16.3
| 12.3
| 8.3 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 4.3
| 5.7
| 1.8
| 8.4
| 9.1
| 2.7 |
|---|
New Mexico
| 8.1
| 7.7
| 4.4
| 10.0
| 10.9
| 5.9 |
|---|
New York
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Dakota
| 2.7
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 4.7
| 8.3
| 3.0
| 10.0
| 8.5
| 4.0 |
|---|
Oklahoma
| 4.6
| 4.4
| 4.1
| 9.9
| 6.6
| 4.1 |
|---|
Oregon
| 7.3
| 8.6
| 5.3
| 20.1
| 17.8
| 6.3 |
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 3.8
| 6.0
| 3.1
| 11.3
| 8.6
| 2.8 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 4.9
| 4.5
| 6.4
| 10.9
| 8.2
| 4.0 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 5.3
| 23.8
| 4.7
| 16.8
| 9.4
| 2.9 |
|---|
| 4.8
| 6.5
| 2.5
| 5.9
| 7.2
| 4.2 |
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Utah
| 3.1
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 4.8
| 1.4
| 11.8
| 6.5
| 6.6
| 4.8 |
|---|
| 4.8
| 17.6
| 3.6
| 8.1
| 6.6
| 4.1 |
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
West Virginia
| 3.8
| 1.2
| 1.3
| 3.6
| 5.7
| 3.7 |
|---|
| 3.1
| 4.6
| 2.8
| 9.5
| 15.3
| 2.0 |
|---|
| 6.5
| 15.1
| 1.8
| 13.4
| 13.7
| 5.8 |
|---|
| |
| Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools |
DOD Dependents Schools
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
American Samoa
| 1.4
| —
| 1.4
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Guam
| 11.3
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Northern Marianas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 2.2
| —
| —
| 2.2
| —
| —
|
|---|
Virgin Islands
| 3.1
| —
| —
| 7.6
| 2.7
| —
|
|---|
| |
| — Data missing. |
| ? Not applicable. There were no American Indian dropouts in the state for the 1993–94 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." |
