Table 2.4. Percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts, by poverty level and locale: 2004

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 2.4.

Percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts, by poverty level and locale: 2004

Locale	Total	Below the poverty threshold	100–185 percent of the poverty threshold	Above 185 percent of the poverty threshold
Total	11.1	18.4	16.3	7.2
City	12.8	17.6	17.1	8.8
Suburban	9.0	18.4	14.9	6.0
Town	12.1	16.5	15.5	8.4
Rural	11.1	23.2	17.1	6.9
NOTE: The data presented here represent the status dropout rate, which is the percentage of civilian, noninstitutionalized 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in high school and who have not earned a high school credential (either a diploma or equivalency credential such as a GED). The status dropout rate includes all dropouts regardless of when they last attended school, as well as individuals who may have never attended school in the United States, such as immigrants who did not complete a high school diploma in their home country. For a comparison of poverty definitions and measures of educational attainment, see appendix B. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2004, previously unpublished data.