Table 5. Number of dropouts in grades 9–12, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2004

Numbers and Rates of Public High School Dropouts: School Year 2004–05

NCES 2008-305
December 2007

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Table 5. Number of dropouts in grades 9–12, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2004–05
		Number of dropouts in grades 9–12 by race/ethnicity¹
State or jurisdiction	Total²	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	White, non- Hispanic
Reporting states³	512,702	10,969	14,993	135,578	138,194	212,968

Alabama	5,925	22	23	111	2,368	3,401
Alaska⁴	3,294	1,133	209	166	225	1,561
Arizona⁴	19,980	2,323	168	10,029	1,093	6,367
Arkansas	‡	‡	60	384	1,745	‡
California	59,331	734	3,646	32,582	9,040	13,329

Colorado	17,497	348	347	7,445	1,430	7,927
Connecticut	‡	16	‡	914	671	‡
Delaware	1,883	4	24	221	705	929
District of Columbia	—	—	—	—	—	—
Florida⁴	27,633	79	293	6,943	8,945	11,373

Georgia	23,945	38	310	1,966	10,215	11,416
Hawaii	2,547	22	1,739	121	60	605
Idaho	2,350	66	28	507	27	1,722
Illinois⁴	27,339	53	541	7,242	10,656	8,847
Indiana	7,580	35	39	498	1,140	5,868

Iowa	3,302	52	49	383	371	2,447
Kansas	3,068	72	48	493	455	2,000
Kentucky	6,400	0	21	97	1,081	5,201
Louisiana	14,210	134	124	252	8,474	5,226
Maine	1,748	30	19	21	41	1,637

Maryland⁴	10,450	31	190	796	5,912	3,521
Massachusetts	10,685	48	358	2,872	1,701	5,706
Michigan	20,489	287	439	1,376	7,119	11,268
Minnesota	‡	‡	‡	‡	1,842	‡
Mississippi	3,650	7	15	29	2,078	1,521

Missouri	10,248	48	62	308	2,879	6,951
Montana	1,628	407	12	44	6	1,159
Nebraska	2,431	128	36	486	377	1,404
Nevada	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
New Hampshire	2,306	10	25	88	55	2,128

New Jersey⁴	‡	‡	‡	2,389	2,232	‡
New Mexico	4,126	639	40	2,981	135	331
New York⁴	50,004	282	3,142	16,596	16,401	13,583
North Carolina	20,998	495	217	1,763	7,475	11,048
North Dakota	624	170	8	25	16	405

Ohio	19,672	66	135	760	7,381	11,330
Oklahoma	6,256	1,044	55	850	866	3,441
Oregon	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pennsylvania	17,018	16	339	2,224	5,523	8,916
Rhode Island	‡	21	81	580	302	‡

South Carolina	6,477	23	33	258	3,147	3,016
South Dakota	1,716	696	24	59	41	896
Tennessee⁴	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Texas	43,475	158	526	24,458	7,476	10,857
Utah	5,518	154	218	1,249	112	3,785

Vermont⁴	836	15	7	7	14	793
Virginia	8,929	30	296	1,504	3,019	4,080
Washington	14,369	713	792	2,522	1,094	9,248
West Virginia	3,377	4	10	24	191	3,148
Wisconsin	6,847	249	240	771	2,031	3,556
Wyoming	1,304	67	5	184	27	1,021

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
— 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. Data were missing for districts that represent more than 20 percent of total race/ethnicity category 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. See appendix A for more information.
² Totals include only those students for whom race/ethnicity was reported; therefore these totals may differ from totals presented in other tables.
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. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native.
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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