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| Table 6c.—Dropout rate, by grade and state: School year 1995–96 |
|
State |
Grade |
|
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th |
12th |
| 0.4
| 1.1
| 6.0
| 5.7
| 6.0
| 4.4 |
|---|
| 1.4
| 1.5
| 4.9
| 5.4
| 6.0
| 6.4 |
|---|
| 2.2
| 2.8
| 11.8
| 11.2
| 9.4
| 7.6 |
|---|
Arkansas
| 1.3
| 1.6
| 2.8
| 3.9
| 4.9
| 5.0 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Colorado
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Connecticut
| 0.3
| 0.5
| 5.1
| 4.6
| 5.0
| 4.5 |
|---|
Delaware
| 0.1
| 0.2
| 4.1
| 5.3
| 4.4
| 4.0 |
|---|
District of Columbia
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 1.1
| 1.6
| 8.8
| 8.9
| 8.1
| 7.6 |
|---|
Hawaii
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 1.3
| 1.8
| 6.5
| 9.0
| 8.8
| 7.6 |
|---|
| 0.5
| 1.0
| 5.9
| 6.5
| 7.3
| 6.2 |
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 1.7
| 2.9
| 4.2
| 3.7 |
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kentucky
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Louisiana
| 4.4
| 6.1
| 12.8
| 11.7
| 10.4
| 10.7 |
|---|
Maine
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 2.0
| 3.1
| 3.8
| 3.9 |
|---|
| |
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 5.4
| 4.8
| 4.4
| 4.4 |
|---|
Massachusetts
| 0.1
| 0.2
| 2.7
| 3.6
| 3.9
| 3.3 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Minnesota
| 0.4
| 0.6
| 2.5
| 4.9
| 6.4
| 7.5 |
|---|
Mississippi
| 1.1
| 1.8
| 6.4
| 6.5
| 6.3
| 5.3 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 0.3
| 0.7
| 5.7
| 7.0
| 7.3
| 6.2 |
|---|
Montana
| 0.5
| 0.5
| 5.2
| 5.8
| 5.9
| 5.6 |
|---|
Nebraska
| 0.2
| 0.4
| 2.5
| 5.4
| 5.5
| 5.0 |
|---|
Nevada
| 2.1
| 2.5
| 3.9
| 6.1
| 11.2
| 20.1 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 0.4
| 0.6
| 4.5
| 4.1
| 4.1
| 3.6 |
|---|
New Mexico
| 2.4
| 2.5
| 9.1
| 8.8
| 8.1
| 6.2 |
|---|
New York
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Dakota
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 1.3
| 2.6
| 3.2
| 2.9 |
|---|
| |
Ohio
| 1.2
| 1.6
| 4.7
| 4.7
| 5.6
| 7.1 |
|---|
| 1.0
| 1.3
| 5.2
| 5.8
| 6.5
| 5.1 |
|---|
Oregon
| 0.9
| 1.3
| 4.9
| 6.0
| 7.4
| 10.7 |
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 3.1
| 4.0
| 4.8
| 4.4 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 0.1
| 0.4
| 3.9
| 5.4
| 5.1
| 3.8 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 0.4
| 0.6
| 5.5
| 5.9
| 5.8
| 5.3 |
|---|
| 1.1
| 1.3
| 3.3
| 4.6
| 6.0
| 6.4 |
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Utah
| 1.5
| 2.1
| 2.7
| 4.2
| 5.3
| 5.7 |
|---|
| |
| 0.2
| 0.4
| 3.3
| 4.8
| 6.5
| 7.2 |
|---|
| 0.4
| 0.7
| 5.0
| 4.7
| 4.5
| 4.5 |
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
West Virginia
| 0.2
| 0.6
| 2.9
| 4.2
| 4.5
| 3.8 |
|---|
| 0.3
| 0.3
| 1.5
| 1.7
| 2.5
| 4.4 |
|---|
Wyoming
| 0.3
| 0.4
| 3.9
| 5.7
| 6.6
| 6.7 |
|---|
| |
| Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools |
DOD Dependents Schools
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
American Samoa
| 2.5
| 1.0
| 0.0
| 0.4
| 0.3
| 0.1 |
|---|
Guam
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 11.4
| 12.3
| 16.6
| 18.1 |
|---|
Northern Marianas
| 2.6
| 2.9
| 4.6
| 4.8
| 4.2
| 6.7 |
|---|
| 1.5
| 1.3
| 1.3
| 2.1
| 1.6
| 0.9 |
|---|
Virgin Islands
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 2.5
| 2.5
| 1.3
| 2.8 |
|---|
| |
| — 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 Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97." |
