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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-6f.—Percentage of enrollment base for 9–12 dropout rate, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1992–93
State Total Race/ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black, non-
Hispanic
White, non-
Hispanic
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
178,440 6.1 1.9 25.9 3.9 62.2
Arkansas
123,908 0.3 0.7 0.6 22.9 75.4
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
127,493 0.3 2.4 9.3 12.3 75.6
Delaware
28,338 0.2 1.8 3.0 26.6 68.4
District of Columbia
19,185 1.7 6.3 89.7 2.3
Florida
 
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
 
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
 
Maryland
Massachusetts
224,411 0.2 3.5 7.8 8.1 80.4
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
133,848 0.3 0.5 0.2 48.7 50.2
 
Missouri
239,932 0.2 1.0 0.8 14.2 83.8
Montana
Nebraska
78,576
Nevada
57,600 1.8 4.7 11.8 9.0 72.8
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
New Mexico
87,396 11.2 1.2 43.9 2.2 41.4
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
33,397
 
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
142,803 1.8 3.5 4.6 2.1 88.1
Pennsylvania
485,063 0.1 1.9 2.6 12.4 83.0
Rhode Island
38,869 0.3 2.7 6.7 6.2 84.0
 
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
 
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
3,369
Guam
7,635 0.1 92.4 6.3
Northern Marianas
1,763 97.8 2.2
Puerto Rico
166,355
Virgin Islands
5,898 0.1 12.6 86.7 0.5
 
— 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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