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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-6c.—Percentage of enrollment base for 9–12 dropout rate, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1995–96
State Total Race/ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black, non-
Hispanic
White, non-
Hispanic
Alabama
206,334 1.0 0.7 0.5 35.8 62.0
Alaska
34,186 20.9 4.6 2.6 4.4 67.5
Arizona
190,648 7.2 2.0 27.5 4.0 59.3
Arkansas
130,908 0.4 0.8 1.1 23.1 74.6
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
128,106 0.4 2.5 10.5 13.0 73.7
Delaware
31,433 1.9 3.6 28.3 66.0
District of Columbia
Florida
 
Georgia
345,419 0.1 1.7 1.6 37.8 58.7
Hawaii
Idaho
73,463
Illinois
543,305 0.2 3.5 10.4 18.9 67.0
Indiana
 
Iowa
155,351 0.4 1.4 1.6 2.7 93.9
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
215,882 0.5 1.5 1.2 43.1 53.8
Maine
57,623 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.6 97.5
 
Maryland
212,648 0.2 4.4 3.2 34.2 58.0
Massachusetts
242,046 0.2 3.8 8.4 8.2 79.4
Michigan
Minnesota
238,998 1.6 3.3 1.7 3.8 89.6
Mississippi
137,637 0.4 0.6 0.3 50.1 48.6
 
Missouri
257,173 0.2 1.1 0.9 14.4 83.4
Montana
47,938 7.6 0.6 1.3 0.3 90.2
Nebraska
86,709 0.9 1.2 3.5 4.8 89.6
Nevada
69,310 1.9 5.2 14.6 9.4 69.0
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
310,949 0.1 6.3 12.0 16.4 65.1
New Mexico
93,951 11.1 1.2 44.6 2.3 40.8
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
36,921 5.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 92.1
 
Ohio
540,582 0.1 1.0 1.4 13.8 83.6
Oklahoma
170,595 14.0 1.3 3.2 10.0 71.5
Oregon
146,521 1.8 3.6 5.7 2.2 86.7
Pennsylvania
520,510 0.1 1.9 3.0 12.7 82.4
Rhode Island
40,609 0.5 3.0 8.8 6.3 81.4
 
South Carolina
South Dakota
43,013 10.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 87.3
Tennessee
249,949 0.1 0.9 0.6 21.6 76.8
Texas
Utah
148,134
 
Vermont
27,710 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.6 96.9
Virginia
299,750 0.2 4.1 3.0 23.9 68.8
Washington
West Virginia
95,601 0.1 0.4 0.2 3.8 95.4
Wisconsin
267,211 1.3 2.0 2.7 7.2 86.8
Wyoming
30,928 2.1 0.7 5.8 0.8 90.6
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
3,319 100.0
Guam
8,083
Northern Marianas
1,972 99.6 0.4
Puerto Rico
166,286 0.0 100.0
Virgin Islands
6,080 9.0 90.5 0.3
 
— Data missing.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97."
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