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| A-2.—Dropout rates, by race/ethnicity, grade, and state: School year 1997–98—Continued |
|
State |
9th grade dropout rate |
|
Total |
American Indian/
Alaska Native |
Asian/
Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
Black |
White |
| 5.0
| 1.6
| 3.3
| 5.8
| 5.5
| 4.8 |
|---|
Alaska
| 4.3
| 6.6
| 1.4
| 4.0
| 4.3
| 3.6 |
|---|
| 9.7
| 19.7
| 3.3
| 15.7
| 11.3
| 5.1 |
|---|
Arkansas
| 3.4
| 5.3
| 2.4
| 5.3
| 5.3
| 2.8 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Colorado
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Connecticut
| 3.3
| 3.7
| 2.9
| 9.9
| 5.4
| 1.5 |
|---|
Delaware
| 5.3
| 0.0
| 3.2
| 8.5
| 7.5
| 3.9 |
|---|
District of Columbia
| 12.2
| 0.0
| 5.9
| 15.6
| 12.2
| 4.9 |
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 7.2
| 7.0
| 4.2
| 10.5
| 8.7
| 6.1 |
|---|
Hawaii
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 5.1
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 6.6
| 7.7
| 3.2
| 12.7
| 15.3
| 2.4 |
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 1.6
| 5.8
| 1.7
| 8.0
| 6.2
| 1.2 |
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kentucky
| 4.5
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Louisiana
| 12.2
| 23.4
| 8.4
| 14.5
| 15.0
| 9.7 |
|---|
Maine
| 2.0
| 4.3
| 4.0
| 4.2
| 0.9
| 1.9 |
|---|
| |
| 4.2
| 6.6
| 1.1
| 4.1
| 6.3
| 2.9 |
|---|
Massachusetts
| 2.6
| 3.7
| 4.2
| 8.2
| 4.9
| 1.5 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Minnesota
| 2.2
| 13.6
| 3.1
| 11.6
| 12.1
| 1.0 |
|---|
Mississippi
| 6.4
| 3.0
| 2.7
| 3.9
| 8.1
| 4.7 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 4.0
| 5.9
| 2.5
| 7.7
| 9.0
| 2.9 |
|---|
Montana
| 4.2
| 14.1
| 3.2
| 15.4
| 2.7
| 2.9 |
|---|
Nebraska
| 3.5
| 13.2
| 0.9
| 11.4
| 11.6
| 2.3 |
|---|
Nevada
| 4.0
| 4.3
| 3.2
| 7.3
| 4.3
| 3.2 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| 3.6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
New Mexico
| 7.6
| 5.4
| 22.4
| 9.7
| 8.1
| 5.2 |
|---|
New York
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Dakota
| 1.8
| 8.4
| 8.1
| 3.6
| 6.6
| 1.0 |
|---|
| |
Ohio
| 5.1
| 14.0
| 2.8
| 12.0
| 13.2
| 3.2 |
|---|
Oklahoma
| 5.5
| 5.5
| 2.8
| 12.9
| 9.6
| 4.5 |
|---|
Oregon
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 2.9
| 3.6
| 3.0
| 9.6
| 8.4
| 1.5 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 5.0
| 8.0
| 10.2
| 12.6
| 9.2
| 3.3 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 2.5
| 8.1
| 0.0
| 6.3
| 4.0
| 1.3 |
|---|
| 3.6
| 1.1
| 3.4
| 5.1
| 8.1
| 2.2 |
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Utah
| 2.3
| 6.2
| 4.2
| 6.5
| 8.0
| 1.9 |
|---|
| |
| 3.4
| 5.6
| 3.9
| 2.3
| 3.7
| 3.4 |
|---|
| 5.0
| 5.1
| 3.5
| 8.9
| 8.0
| 3.7 |
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
West Virginia
| 2.9
| 0.0
| 3.1
| 1.0
| 2.8
| 2.9 |
|---|
| 2.4
| 3.8
| 2.1
| 9.3
| 14.9
| 0.6 |
|---|
Wyoming
| 3.7
| 19.6
| 0.0
| 9.4
| 3.9
| 2.8 |
|---|
| |
| Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools |
DOD Dependents Schools
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
American Samoa
| 2.0
| ?
| 2.0
| ?
| ?
| ? |
|---|
Guam
| 18.9
| 0.0
| 17.2
| 54.5
| 106.3
| 53.8 |
|---|
Northern Marianas
| 16.0
| ?
| 16.1
| ?
| ?
| 0.0 |
|---|
Puerto Rico
| 1.0
| —
| —
| 1.0
| —
| —
|
|---|
Virgin Islands
| 9.8
| ?
| ?
| 14.4
| 9.3
| ? |
|---|
| |
| — 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: Percents 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," and "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey 1997–98." |
