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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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A-3a.—Number of public school students who dropped out, by grade, race/ethnicity, and state: School year 1997–98—Continued
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State 10th grade dropout counts 11th grade dropout counts 12th grade dropout counts
Total1 Am. Indian Asian Hispanic Black White Total1 Am. Indian Asian Hispanic Black White Total1 Am. Indian Asian Hispanic Black White
Alabama2
2,690 9 10 24 1,008 1,639 2,424 12 8 22 835 1,547 1,738 10 5 12 628 1,083
Alaska
445 156 12 14 14 249 382 121 18 18 12 213 404 119 14 13 19 239
Arizona2
5,769 766 57 2,707 293 1,946 4,479 529 52 1,921 226 1,751 3,653 414 60 1,538 225 1,416
Arkansas
1,884 7 14 76 682 1,105 2,177 5 18 80 562 1,512 1,927 13 20 43 442 1,409
California
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Colorado
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Connecticut
1,314 3 20 363 276 652 1,267 2 26 242 210 787 990 1 19 147 145 678
Delaware
493 0 0 38 169 286 331 0 2 17 120 192 196 0 1 6 72 117
District of Columbia
744 0 8 41 684 11 479 0 5 39 426 9 279 0 2 16 263 0
Florida
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Georgia
7,044 7 85 216 3,022 3,714 5,586 12 69 156 2,225 3,124 5,113 7 77 121 2,185 2,723
Hawaii
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Idaho2
1,448 33 13 241 10 1,151 1,365 29 12 161 9 1,154 1,192 27 8 109 4 1,044
Illinois2
10,215 19 143 2,100 4,619 3,334 9,541 26 114 1,641 3,205 4,555 7,543 17 112 1,035 1,993 4,386
Indiana
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Iowa
1,081 14 19 91 85 872 1,429 16 17 82 96 1,218 1,368 14 16 58 69 1,211
Kansas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Kentucky
2,603 0 0 0 0 0 2,608 0 0 0 0 0 2,186 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana
6,299 51 88 82 3,233 2,845 4,704 39 77 77 2,348 2,163 5,028 28 51 50 3,075 1,824
Maine
474 7 9 4 3 454 521 3 1 2 1 514 560 3 4 0 2 552
 
Maryland2
2,563 9 33 83 1,311 1,127 2,227 9 53 81 917 1,167 2,038 4 48 64 984 938
Massachusetts
2,251 4 94 476 377 1,300 2,362 8 78 400 340 1,536 1,673 6 68 265 249 1,085
Michigan
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Minnesota
2,808 208 177 177 483 1,763 3,683 186 202 163 485 2,647 4,671 176 202 172 524 3,597
Mississippi
2,260 2 8 8 1,309 933 1,674 0 4 3 887 780 1,227 3 1 4 591 628
 
Missouri
3,978 15 22 69 992 2,871 3,778 10 19 60 684 2,997 2,695 9 27 44 473 2,135
Montana
590 133 0 8 3 446 574 98 1 13 8 454 488 61 1 6 10 410
Nebraska
1,082 48 12 131 215 676 1,062 36 12 109 113 792 1,014 32 18 89 81 794
Nevada
1,415 25 55 454 132 749 2,417 54 93 590 287 1,393 3,142 75 149 708 449 1,761
New Hampshire
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
New Jersey2
2,939 7 110 729 934 1,159 2,800 9 124 558 670 1,439 2,421 7 89 475 463 1,387
New Mexico
2,014 203 52 1,216 42 501 1,571 123 33 879 41 495 946 79 22 502 26 317
New York
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Dakota
286 86 1 6 1 192 340 72 4 3 4 257 268 61 3 4 3 197
 
Ohio
6,542 14 64 209 2,324 3,931 6,756 14 43 197 1,651 4,851 7,999 21 67 206 1,640 6,065
Oklahoma
2,920 437 19 219 383 1,862 2,659 353 27 153 315 1,811 1,896 266 19 87 171 1,353
Oregon
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Pennsylvania
5,308 6 100 500 1,735 2,967 5,956 8 93 412 1,376 4,067 5,388 7 92 307 1,237 3,745
Rhode Island
623 6 14 128 73 402 464 7 12 75 42 328 336 13 14 49 17 243
 
South Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
South Dakota2
335 87 6 4 3 235 372 66 2 7 2 295 280 44 3 2 2 229
Tennessee2
2,865 2 23 38 1,231 1,571 3,354 4 22 19 1,172 2,137 3,187 5 21 24 744 2,393
Texas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Utah
1,731 58 59 280 31 1,303 2,253 62 64 300 52 1,775 3,136 58 114 376 50 2,538
 
Vermont2
411 5 4 2 3 397 453 5 2 1 5 440 437 6 6 0 4 421
Virginia2
3,648 11 92 210 1,339 1,996 3,347 5 112 201 1,050 1,979 3,330 11 107 166 956 2,090
Washington
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
West Virginia
1,135 2 1 1 66 1,065 1,092 3 0 4 52 1,019 928 1 1 0 53 854
Wisconsin2
1,317 34 35 170 640 438 1,577 37 38 163 481 858 2,436 89 67 115 332 1,833
Wyoming
609 29 3 79 12 486 550 19 1 54 8 468 540 20 3 36 2 479
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
American Samoa
29 0 29 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 13 0 13 0 0 0
Guam
332 0 297 6 8 20 289 1 255 2 8 23 129 0 113 0 5 11
Northern Marianas
60 0 60 0 0 0 51 0 51 0 0 0 68 0 68 0 0 0
Puerto Rico
863 0 0 863 0 0 529 0 0 529 0 0 336 0 0 336 0 0
Virgin Islands
105 0 0 18 86 1 58 0 0 3 55 0 46 0 0 9 37 0
 
— Data missing.
1 Totals include those for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.
2 This state reported on an alternative July–June cycle rather than the specified October–September cycle.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout Data File: School Year 1997–98."
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