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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-3c.—Number of public school students who dropped out, by grade, race/ethnicity, and state: School year 1995–96
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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
267 0 0 0 98 169 667 1 1 8 229 428 3,899 6 22 23 1,639 2,209
Alaska2
131 29 0 3 12 87 145 38 3 8 10 86 505 183 11 26 14 268
Arizona2
1,253 202 6 545 72 428 1,499 242 7 604 94 552 6,747 889 58 3,504 393 1,903
Arkansas
500 1 2 10 226 261 592 2 0 12 254 324 1,029 0 5 23 371 630
California
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Colorado
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Connecticut
130 0 1 52 48 29 169 1 1 72 62 33 1,904 5 52 782 497 568
Delaware
9 0 1 3 3 2 20 0 0 2 10 8 410 0 0 32 161 217
District of Columbia
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Florida
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Georgia
1,112 1 21 55 657 378 1,651 3 27 69 1,056 496 10,366 13 87 288 4,919 5,059
Hawaii
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Idaho2
254 0 3 37 2 212 356 9 0 59 2 286 1,310 27 8 223 10 1,042
Illinois2
649 3 8 140 345 153 1,325 2 27 438 593 265 9,184 22 98 1,993 4,761 2,310
Indiana
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
Iowa
9 0 0 0 0 9 34 1 0 3 0 30 733 9 8 76 117 523
Kansas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Kentucky
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Louisiana
2,830 18 53 57 1,289 1,413 3,581 22 67 71 1,649 1,772 8,990 61 98 149 4,773 3,909
Maine
9 0 0 0 1 8 13 0 1 0 0 12 324 4 0 1 2 317
 
Maryland2
18 0 0 0 9 9 60 0 0 0 48 12 3,530 21 26 104 2,237 1,142
Massachusetts
48 0 1 26 9 12 116 0 8 55 12 41 1,895 4 59 519 298 1,015
Michigan
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Minnesota
281 48 13 39 85 96 400 75 23 44 120 138 1,625 198 70 146 475 736
Mississippi
474 0 4 5 270 195 739 2 6 6 437 288 2,878 15 8 7 1,752 1,096
 
Missouri
241 2 1 17 115 106 487 2 1 14 242 228 4,143 8 26 65 1,617 2,427
Montana
52 29 0 4 1 18 61 26 1 3 1 30 715 154 5 31 6 519
Nebraska
50 8 0 7 12 23 90 9 2 14 25 40 589 42 6 81 142 318
Nevada
430 3 23 145 41 218 492 14 18 158 53 249 769 20 20 244 76 409
New Hampshire
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
 
New Jersey2
362 0 9 102 208 43 490 2 3 151 240 94 3,957 21 65 1,123 1,900 848
New Mexico
649 64 2 335 19 229 676 99 2 338 20 217 2,714 294 23 1,632 62 703
New York
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
North Dakota
1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 9 132 56 0 1 2 73
 
Ohio
1,716 5 24 89 687 904 2,221 8 25 124 840 1,216 7,517 21 66 352 3,058 3,993
Oklahoma2
478 77 9 56 76 249 663 101 8 59 110 379 2,635 348 21 221 576 1,459
Oregon
377 13 5 72 10 277 527 15 15 96 22 379 1,996 71 41 343 90 1,451
Pennsylvania
52 0 0 9 10 33 186 1 1 9 27 148 4,630 7 72 613 2,062 1,876
Rhode Island
8 0 1 2 4 1 42 0 3 12 8 19 477 4 20 94 60 299
 
South Carolina
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
South Dakota2
46 43 0 0 0 3 75 63 1 0 0 11 680 454 1 7 6 212
Tennessee2
773 0 3 10 474 286 859 1 6 9 514 329 2,546 1 20 14 1,305 1,206
Texas
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Utah
552 17 34 92 15 394 803 28 42 144 22 567 1,038 40 34 182 26 756
 
Vermont2
14 0 1 0 0 13 24 0 0 0 1 23 257 4 0 0 0 253
Virginia2
316 0 7 12 169 128 578 1 15 27 253 282 4,496 17 99 243 1,718 2,419
Washington
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
West Virginia
38 0 0 0 0 38 160 1 0 0 0 159 771 2 0 1 33 735
Wisconsin2
169 3 3 14 120 29 196 1 5 16 126 48 1,085 18 10 134 646 277
Wyoming
22 2 0 2 0 18 32 2 0 8 2 20 324 38 0 42 3 241
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
American Samoa
24 0 24 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 327 0 265 1 10 29
Northern Marianas
17 0 17 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 0 0
Puerto Rico2
781 0 0 781 0 0 664 0 0 664 0 0 619 0 0 619 0 0
Virgin Islands
37 0 0 12 24 1 25 0 0 10 15 0 50 0 0 4 46 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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