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| Table 6a.—Dropout rate, by grade and state: School year 1997–98 |
|
State |
Grade |
|
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th |
12th |
| 0.2
| 0.8
| 5.0
| 5.1
| 5.1
| 3.9 |
|---|
Alaska
| 1.3
| 1.3
| 4.3
| 4.7
| 4.5
| 5.2 |
|---|
| 1.9
| 2.4
| 9.7
| 9.9
| 9.2
| 8.3 |
|---|
Arkansas
| 1.0
| 1.5
| 3.4
| 5.3
| 6.8
| 6.5 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Colorado
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Connecticut
| 0.4
| 0.4
| 3.3
| 3.6
| 3.9
| 3.3 |
|---|
Delaware
| 0.0
| 0.2
| 5.3
| 5.6
| 4.5
| 2.9 |
|---|
District of Columbia
| 3.7
| 4.4
| 12.2
| 15.9
| 12.9
| 9.0 |
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 0.7
| 1.2
| 7.2
| 7.4
| 7.0
| 7.4 |
|---|
Hawaii
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 0.9
| 1.3
| 5.1
| 7.3
| 7.5
| 7.0 |
|---|
| 0.5
| 0.9
| 6.6
| 7.2
| 7.4
| 6.2 |
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 1.6
| 2.7
| 3.7
| 3.6 |
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kentucky
| 0.6
| 0.9
| 4.5
| 5.2
| 5.8
| 5.4 |
|---|
Louisiana
| 3.6
| 4.8
| 12.2
| 11.2
| 10.0
| 11.9 |
|---|
Maine
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 2.0
| 3.1
| 3.7
| 4.3 |
|---|
| |
| 0.0
| 0.2
| 4.2
| 4.4
| 4.2
| 4.3 |
|---|
Massachusetts
| 0.1
| 0.2
| 2.6
| 3.4
| 3.9
| 3.1 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Minnesota
| 0.3
| 0.5
| 2.2
| 4.2
| 5.8
| 7.6 |
|---|
Mississippi
| 1.0
| 1.8
| 6.4
| 6.2
| 5.5
| 4.4 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 0.2
| 0.5
| 4.0
| 5.9
| 6.1
| 4.8 |
|---|
Montana
| 0.3
| 0.6
| 4.2
| 4.5
| 4.7
| 4.3 |
|---|
Nebraska
| 0.3
| 0.4
| 3.5
| 4.7
| 4.9
| 4.9 |
|---|
Nevada
| 1.6
| 2.0
| 4.0
| 6.6
| 12.9
| 19.9 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 1.7
| 1.7
| 3.6
| 3.5
| 3.6
| 3.4 |
|---|
New Mexico
| 2.9
| 2.9
| 7.6
| 7.7
| 7.2
| 5.2 |
|---|
New York
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Dakota
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 1.8
| 2.9
| 3.6
| 3.1 |
|---|
| |
Ohio
| 0.9
| 1.3
| 5.1
| 4.6
| 4.8
| 6.1 |
|---|
Oklahoma
| 1.1
| 1.6
| 5.5
| 6.1
| 6.4
| 5.0 |
|---|
Oregon
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 2.9
| 3.8
| 4.7
| 4.6 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 0.2
| 0.3
| 5.0
| 5.6
| 4.8
| 3.8 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 0.2
| 0.3
| 2.5
| 3.1
| 3.7
| 2.9 |
|---|
| 1.4
| 1.1
| 3.6
| 4.5
| 6.2
| 6.4 |
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Utah
| 2.0
| 1.7
| 2.3
| 4.4
| 5.9
| 8.5 |
|---|
| |
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 3.4
| 5.2
| 6.2
| 6.3 |
|---|
| 0.5
| 0.8
| 5.0
| 4.5
| 4.7
| 4.9 |
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
West Virginia
| 0.2
| 0.6
| 2.9
| 4.6
| 4.8
| 4.3 |
|---|
| 0.3
| 0.3
| 2.4
| 2.0
| 2.6
| 4.3 |
|---|
Wyoming
| 0.2
| 0.4
| 3.7
| 7.2
| 7.3
| 7.6 |
|---|
| |
| Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools |
DOD Dependents Schools
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
American Samoa
| 1.0
| 0.2
| 2.0
| 3.1
| 0.9
| 1.8 |
|---|
Guam
| —
| —
| 18.9
| 14.3
| 18.9
| 9.9 |
|---|
Northern Marianas
| 0.5
| 2.6
| 16.0
| 10.8
| 12.0
| 13.6 |
|---|
Puerto Rico
| 0.8
| 0.9
| 1.0
| 1.9
| 1.4
| 1.0 |
|---|
Virgin Islands
| 2.9
| 1.9
| 9.8
| 6.3
| 5.0
| 3.7 |
|---|
| |
| — Data missing. |
| * This state reported on an alternative July–June cycle rather than the specified October–September cycle. |
| NOTE: Percentages less than 0.05 are rounded to 0.0. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Dropout File: School Year 1997–98." |
