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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—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
2,908 12 13 33 1,100 1,750 2,677 7 8 22 941 1,699 1,826 6 12 11 696 1,101
Alaska
465 147 22 14 28 253 399 119 19 15 26 219 400 127 15 17 22 218
Arizona2
5,625 710 40 2,602 301 1,972 4,350 506 56 1,828 273 1,687 3,545 371 57 1,491 237 1,389
Arkansas
1,695 13 12 48 429 1,193 2,112 15 17 63 508 1,509 1,737 8 12 37 362 1,318
California
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Colorado
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Connecticut
1,457 5 26 375 314 737 1,340 7 15 237 242 839 1,054 4 17 178 184 671
Delaware
444 1 1 26 171 245 287 0 2 19 92 174 250 0 1 11 83 155
District of Columbia
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Florida
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Georgia
7,777 14 87 215 3,337 4,124 6,210 4 81 135 2,529 3,461 5,383 6 78 124 2,293 2,882
Hawaii
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Idaho2
1,538 38 21 242 10 1,227 1,488 25 15 199 5 1,244 1,208 20 12 124 10 1,042
Illinois2
9,707 20 137 2,059 3,856 3,635 9,613 25 182 1,599 3,006 4,801 7,563 19 130 1,049 1,973 4,392
Indiana
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Iowa
1,094 6 18 79 87 904 1,377 13 12 42 92 1,218 1,420 19 17 52 52 1,280
Kansas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Kentucky
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Louisiana
6,825 43 118 126 3,416 3,122 4,975 28 109 84 2,401 2,353 3,651 18 52 46 2,052 1,483
Maine
413 5 5 1 2 400 533 3 7 1 6 516 572 6 6 0 3 557
 
Maryland2
2,880 16 32 94 1,584 1,154 2,315 7 42 95 1,067 1,104 2,044 6 47 73 1,055 863
Massachusetts
2,435 7 83 530 343 1,472 2,359 7 69 352 292 1,639 1,675 9 56 244 233 1,133
Michigan
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Minnesota
3,207 221 187 206 590 2,003 3,961 211 204 196 521 2,829 4,457 171 195 162 469 3,460
Mississippi
2,321 16 8 10 1,287 1,000 1,694 19 9 8 885 773 1,322 13 4 3 685 617
 
Missouri
4,313 16 29 70 1,196 3,002 4,056 12 23 54 796 3,171 3,122 7 21 45 595 2,454
Montana
558 70 4 12 1 471 570 51 5 18 2 494 470 54 0 13 4 399
Nebraska
1,221 33 11 128 218 831 1,087 33 18 111 115 810 891 20 15 70 90 696
Nevada
1,307 30 47 422 120 688 2,337 63 113 578 232 1,351 3,204 67 159 661 460 1,857
New Hampshire
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
New Jersey2
2,805 6 53 707 1,063 976 2,785 10 62 520 817 1,376 2,260 7 65 396 506 1,286
New Mexico
2,015 248 8 1,162 43 554 1,653 194 9 885 44 521 1,144 119 7 608 34 376
New York
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Dakota
251 69 2 7 1 172 330 78 4 4 3 241 274 67 2 3 4 198
 
Ohio
6,151 17 42 201 1,840 4,009 6,526 16 48 160 1,479 4,788 8,421 13 63 237 1,651 6,423
Oklahoma2
2,893 382 46 196 451 1,818 2,591 353 37 154 315 1,732 1,903 232 27 84 220 1,340
Oregon
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Pennsylvania
5,437 9 82 521 1,881 2,944 5,874 6 97 435 1,634 3,702 4,949 5 92 302 1,158 3,392
Rhode Island
545 6 21 81 63 374 484 4 9 79 46 346 349 9 8 31 34 267
 
South Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
South Dakota2
552 206 3 10 17 316 506 150 3 7 12 334 337 85 1 2 6 243
Tennessee2
2,880 2 23 42 1,236 1,577 3,369 3 22 24 1,175 2,145 3,198 5 21 26 749 2,397
Texas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Utah
1,517 57 36 230 14 1,180 1,956 58 72 244 30 1,552 2,529 56 108 277 31 2,057
 
Vermont2
334 6 8 2 2 316 446 6 6 7 5 422 437 4 7 9 5 412
Virginia2
3,579 9 87 194 1,315 1,974 3,005 2 112 183 911 1,797 3,037 5 118 150 812 1,952
Washington
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
West Virginia
1,109 2 1 0 47 1,059 1,044 3 4 1 52 984 908 1 2 1 48 856
Wisconsin2
1,376 30 33 181 681 451 1,720 27 33 150 507 1,003 2,529 76 67 148 404 1,834
Wyoming
573 26 2 78 9 458 568 27 1 49 6 485 531 22 3 38 5 463
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
American Samoa
20 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Guam
360 0 318 2 0 10 275 0 233 0 4 10 233 0 212 0 4 6
Northern Marianas
58 0 58 0 0 0 37 0 37 0 0 0 41 0 41 0 0 0
Puerto Rico2
1,088 0 0 1,088 0 0 699 0 0 699 0 0 337 0 0 337 0 0
Virgin Islands
48 0 0 5 43 0 45 0 0 9 36 0 34 0 0 7 27 0
 
— Data missing.
1Totals 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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