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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 6g.—Dropout rate, by grade and state: School year 1991–92
State Grade
7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona*
3.2 3.4 10.0 10.4 10.8 13.5
Arkansas
0.9 1.8 2.6 4.1 5.1 4.6
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
4.3 4.2 9.5 12.7 12.6 11.1
Florida
 
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
 
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
 
Maryland
Massachusetts
0.2 0.3 3.1 3.7 3.8 2.4
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
1.6 2.0 5.3 5.9 5.5 4.4
 
Missouri
0.4 0.5 5.3 7.1 7.0 5.3
Montana
Nebraska
0.3 0.4 2.3 3.8 4.3 4.3
Nevada
0.0 0.0 3.9 6.2 9.6 13.3
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
New Mexico
2.5 2.9 7.1 8.3 7.9 6.5
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
 
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
0.6 0.8 3.7 5.3 6.9 8.4
Pennsylvania
0.1 0.2 3.2 4.0 4.2 3.5
Rhode Island
0.2 0.4 4.7 5.7 5.1 3.8
 
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
 
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
2.3 2.1 3.1 1.2 1.1 2.0
Guam
0.0 0.0 3.4 8.3 8.9 7.4
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
3.9 4.1 2.1 4.8 4.4 4.2
 
— 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."

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