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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-3b.—Number of public school students who dropped out, by grade, race/ethnicity, and state: School year 1996–97
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State 7th grade dropout counts 8th grade dropout counts 9th 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
197 0 0 4 80 113 555 6 0 2 156 391 3,499 13 15 35 1,511 1,925
Alaska
136 24 8 8 12 84 131 31 4 7 11 78 464 193 11 18 30 211
Arizona2
1,377 307 11 539 83 437 1,435 300 8 563 92 472 7,463 1,220 57 3,703 345 2,138
Arkansas
309 1 1 17 139 151 553 2 1 12 237 301 1,204 3 7 28 422 744
California
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Colorado
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Connecticut
182 0 2 58 84 38 141 0 4 68 35 34 1,539 5 32 584 395 523
Delaware
3 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 4 4 483 1 2 30 226 224
District of Columbia
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Florida
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Georgia
978 1 15 43 580 339 1,426 2 19 58 862 485 9,924 13 100 311 4,921 4,579
Hawaii
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Idaho2
234 7 1 25 2 199 292 6 1 54 1 230 1,214 41 3 205 10 955
Illinois2
641 1 13 127 356 144 1,290 2 15 428 582 263 10,467 26 145 2,486 5,157 2,653
Indiana
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Iowa
18 2 0 5 1 10 29 0 1 1 1 26 730 4 11 72 122 521
Kansas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Kentucky
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Louisiana
3,088 26 51 58 1,492 ### 3,425 23 52 66 1,636 1,648 9,636 87 96 115 5,189 4,149
Maine
3 0 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 0 13 327 6 4 1 2 314
 
Maryland2
13 0 0 0 3 10 49 0 0 1 32 16 3,597 19 37 125 2,251 1,165
Massachusetts
52 0 2 33 9 8 129 0 8 66 13 42 1,954 8 64 599 268 1,015
Michigan
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Minnesota
355 65 19 26 115 130 463 89 30 55 143 146 1,824 224 111 166 585 738
Mississippi
412 0 2 2 251 157 663 2 4 2 393 262 2,972 9 4 15 1,847 1,097
 
Missouri
179 1 1 5 66 106 349 1 5 8 145 190 3,529 11 18 66 1,518 1,916
Montana
35 12 0 2 1 20 69 14 0 6 0 49 542 129 3 29 4 377
Nebraska
51 9 0 7 14 21 80 9 0 15 12 44 574 45 4 74 107 344
Nevada
332 3 13 107 39 170 399 7 12 154 36 190 752 18 20 273 67 374
New Hampshire
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
New Jersey2
232 2 7 81 114 28 287 1 7 106 144 29 3,771 10 56 1,093 1,803 809
New Mexico
622 97 5 290 8 222 709 101 9 368 16 215 2,418 284 20 1,515 51 548
New York
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Dakota
23 23 0 0 0 0 31 21 0 0 0 10 149 58 0 7 3 81
 
Ohio
1,393 1 14 64 552 751 1,776 4 19 88 727 922 7,409 13 42 276 3,091 3,945
Oklahoma2
558 85 22 65 81 305 735 120 20 103 92 400 2,993 409 67 250 589 1,675
Oregon
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Pennsylvania
53 1 0 10 9 33 159 0 0 14 20 125 4,203 8 90 628 1,772 1,705
Rhode Island
6 0 0 1 0 5 29 0 0 9 5 15 555 2 33 114 69 337
 
South Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
South Dakota2
27 25 0 2 0 0 50 47 0 0 0 3 600 431 0 9 7 153
Tennessee2
967 2 13 19 573 360 732 0 7 18 522 185 2,745 1 27 41 1,413 1,263
Texas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Utah
294 17 11 64 8 194 525 15 30 74 14 392 805 34 37 117 12 605
 
Vermont2
12 1 0 0 0 11 19 0 1 1 0 17 270 6 4 2 2 256
Virginia2
398 4 9 37 196 152 650 15 15 35 329 256 4,609 17 117 321 1,916 2,238
Washington
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
West Virginia
43 0 0 0 2 41 121 0 0 1 6 114 790 2 3 0 24 761
Wisconsin2
216 8 5 19 120 64 189 2 4 23 114 46 1,703 45 31 205 1,037 385
Wyoming
15 3 0 3 0 9 17 0 0 2 0 15 291 43 0 37 3 208
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
American Samoa
22 0 22 0 0 0 29 0 29 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 0 0
Guam
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 497 1 414 3 4 32
Northern Marianas
22 0 22 0 0 0 22 0 21 0 0 1 33 0 31 0 0 2
Puerto Rico2
712 0 0 712 0 0 608 0 0 608 0 0 559 0 0 559 0 0
Virgin Islands
27 0 0 13 14 0 20 0 0 1 19 0 96 0 0 20 76 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 and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97."
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