| Reporting states3 |
3.9 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
4.9 |
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| Alabama4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
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| Alaska4 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
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| Arizona4 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 9.5 |
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| Arkansas | 4.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
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| California | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 6.1 |
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| Colorado | 7.8 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 10.0 |
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| Connecticut | ‡ | ‡ | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
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| Delaware | 5.3 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Florida4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
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| Georgia | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
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| Hawaii | 4.7 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 |
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| Idaho | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
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| Illinois4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
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| Indiana | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
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| Iowa | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
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| Kansas | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
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| Kentucky | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
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| Louisiana | 7.5 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 8.3 |
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| Maine | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
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| Maryland4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
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| Massachusetts | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
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| Michigan | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
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| Minnesota | ‡ | ‡ | 1.8 | 2.9 | 6.4 |
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| Mississippi | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
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| Missouri | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
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| Montana | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
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| Nebraska | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
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| Nevada | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 8.0 |
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| New Hampshire | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.7 |
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| New Jersey4 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 2.1 | 2.0 |
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| New Mexico | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
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| New York4 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
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| North Carolina | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
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| North Dakota | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
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| Ohio | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
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| Oklahoma | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
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| Oregon | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Pennsylvania | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
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| Rhode Island | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
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| South Carolina | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
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| South Dakota | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.8 |
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| Tennessee4 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
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| Texas | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
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| Utah | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
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| Vermont4 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
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| Virginia | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
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| Washington | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
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| West Virginia | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
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| Wisconsin | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 5.4 |
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| Wyoming | 4.8 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
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| Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions |
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| DoDDS: DoDs Overseas5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| DDESS: DoDs Domestic5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | — | — | — |
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| American Samoa | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
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| Guam4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Northern Marianas Islands | 2.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
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| Puerto Rico4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
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| — Not available. State did not report dropout counts or reported counts that did not conform to the NCES definition. See appendix A for more information. |
| ‡ Reporting standards were not met. Dropout data were missing for more than 20 percent of grade total membership. |
| 1 Ungraded students (students not in a standard grade) who drop out of school are assigned by the local education agency (LEA) to the graded dropout count that most closely matches the grade they would have been enrolled in based on their age. Ungraded student enrollments are prorated into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates. See appendix A for more information. |
| 2 Individual state total dropout rates are included only if the state reports dropouts and membership for each of grades 9–12. |
| 3 Reporting state totals include those within the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported data. |
| 4 State reported dropout counts on an alternative July through June cycle rather than the October through September cycle specified by NCES. |
| 5 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively. |
| NOTE: A dropout is an individual who was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year, but was not enrolled at the beginning of the current school year, has not graduated from high school or completed a state- or district-approved education program; and does not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program; temporary absence due to suspension or school-approved illness; or death. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), Common Core of Data State-Level Public School Dropout Data File," 2004–05, version 1a. |
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