| Table B.—Number of states with high school
dropout rates of 10 percent or more, by race/ethnicity: School years 1993–94
through 1997–98 |
| Race/ethnicity |
1993–94 (31) |
1994–95 (32) |
1995–96 (34) |
1996–97 (33) |
1997–98 (34) |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
7 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
11 |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Hispanic |
14 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
15 |
Black |
11 |
11 |
16 |
11 |
10 |
White |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| NOTE: The number of states reporting dropouts
by race/ethnicity each year appear in the parentheses after the year.
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Dropout File: School
Year 1997–98," and "Local Education Agency Universe Dropout Data and Completion
File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97." |
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