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Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98
Sections:
A-2.—Dropout rates, by race/ethnicity, grade, and state: School year 1997–98—Continued
State 11th grade dropout rate
Total American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black White
Alabama*
5.1 2.1 2.1 8.5 5.1 5.2
Alaska
4.5 7.3 4.2 7.5 3.2 3.7
Arizona*
9.2 16.6 5.0 15.2 11.4 5.9
Arkansas
6.8 5.0 6.4 16.4 7.7 6.3
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
3.9 1.8 3.1 7.9 5.5 3.1
Delaware
4.5 0.0 1.1 6.7 6.2 3.8
District of Columbia
12.9 0.0 6.3 13.2 13.1 8.7
Florida
 
Georgia
7.0 11.5 3.8 10.7 7.7 6.6
Hawaii
Idaho*
7.5
Illinois*
7.4 13.2 2.3 12.5 14.1 5.1
Indiana
 
Iowa
3.7 10.6 3.1 11.6 10.1 3.3
Kansas
Kentucky
5.8
Louisiana
10.0 18.8 9.2 11.7 12.2 8.3
Maine
3.7 4.1 0.6 3.5 1.1 3.7
 
Maryland*
4.2 7.1 2.2 4.7 5.2 3.8
Massachusetts
3.9 6.2 3.0 8.5 7.0 3.2
Michigan
Minnesota
5.8 18.3 8.4 15.5 19.8 4.7
Mississippi
5.5 0.0 1.9 2.0 6.0 5.1
 
Missouri
6.1 6.5 2.6 8.9 8.4 5.8
Montana
4.7 11.5 1.2 8.2 10.8 4.1
Nebraska
4.9 20.9 4.4 13.7 12.4 4.0
Nevada
12.9 16.0 8.6 20.0 17.4 11.0
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey*
3.6
New Mexico
7.2 5.5 11.7 9.1 8.4 5.3
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
3.6 13.3 6.8 4.2 5.6 3.0
 
Ohio
4.8 8.9 2.7 10.8 9.7 4.0
Oklahoma
6.4 6.0 4.2 11.3 8.4 6.0
Oregon
Pennsylvania
4.7 5.9 3.6 12.3 9.7 3.8
Rhode Island
4.8 18.1 3.7 9.0 6.9 4.2
 
South Carolina
South Dakota*
3.7 7.4 2.5 10.7 2.2 3.3
Tennessee*
6.2 5.6 3.3 4.6 10.4 5.1
Texas
Utah
5.9 15.6 7.2 16.4 23.6 5.1
 
Vermont*
6.2 7.0 2.2 2.9 11.6 6.2
Virginia*
4.7 3.8 3.4 8.5 6.4 4.0
Washington
West Virginia
4.8 8.8 0.0 3.6 6.1 4.7
Wisconsin*
2.6 5.0 2.7 9.8 12.9 1.6
Wyoming
7.3 12.6 2.2 12.8 15.9 6.8
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
0.9 ? 0.9 ? ? ?
Guam
18.9 0.0 17.5 66.7 72.7 38.3
Northern Marianas
12.0 ? 12.0 ? ? 0.0
Puerto Rico
1.4 ? ? 1.4 ? ?
Virgin Islands
5.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.4 0.0
 
— 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."
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