Table 7. Public high school event dropout rate in grades 9–12, by state or jurisdiction: School years 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006

Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006–07 First Look

NCES 2010-313
October 2009

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Table 8. Public high school event dropout rate in grades 9–12, by state or jurisdiction: School years 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07

	Number of graduates¹		High School Dropouts²
			Male		Female
State or jurisdiction	Male	Female	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Reporting States³	1,355,748	1,418,401	322,968	4.9	238,833	3.8

Alabama	18,694	20,188	2,937	2.8	1,966	1.9
Alaska	3,718	3,948	1,511	7.0	1,363	6.6
Arizona	27,005	28,949	12,874	8.2	10,314	6.9
Arkansas	6,193	6,429	3,808	5.3	2,648	3.9
California	165,225	177,157	61,246	6.2	43,959	4.7

Colorado	22,199	23,429	9,051	7.6	7,214	6.3
Connecticut	18,555	18,986	2,126	2.4	1,511	1.8
Delaware	3,495	3,710	—	—	—	—
District of Columbia	162	293	756	8.4	586	5.9
Florida	67,846	72,166	17,325	4.4	12,784	3.3

Georgia	36,504	40,034	12,378	5.4	8,376	3.7
Hawaii	5,563	5,500	1,673	5.9	1,265	4.8
Idaho	8,099	8,143	1,197	2.9	911	2.3
Illinois	63,223	65,958	14,442	4.5	10,718	3.5
Indiana	28,713	30,249	4,888	3.1	3,427	2.3

Iowa	17,077	17,050	2,101	2.6	1,506	2.0
Kansas	14,780	14,597	2,200	3.1	1,418	2.1
Kentucky	—	—	3,500	3.5	2,379	2.5
Louisiana	15,746	18,528	8,001	8.8	5,534	5.9
Maine	6,563	6,588	1,907	6.0	1,347	4.5

Maryland	27,874	29,690	—	—	—	—
Massachusetts	31,188	31,953	6,513	4.4	4,745	3.3
Michigan	54,328	56,985	23,667	8.5	16,858	6.3
Minnesota	29,332	30,124	4,746	3.3	3,737	2.7
Mississippi	10,913	13,273	3,551	5.3	2,364	3.4

Missouri	29,854	30,421	6,076	4.2	4,612	3.3
Montana	5,065	5,057	1,038	4.3	739	3.2
Nebraska	10,141	9,732	1,478	3.1	1,116	2.5
Nevada	7,851	8,604	3,069	4.9	2,433	4.1
New Hampshire	7,079	7,373	1,286	3.8	891	2.7

New Jersey	46,682	46,040	4,300	2.2	3,231	1.7
New Mexico	7,549	8,118	2,919	6.1	2,412	5.2
New York	81,150	86,802	—	—	—	—
North Carolina	35,720	39,081	13,759	6.7	9,355	4.6
North Dakota	3,593	3,522	441	2.7	310	2.0

Ohio	57,988	58,148	13,628	4.8	11,043	4.0
Oklahoma	18,234	18,866	3,405	3.7	2,887	3.3
Oregon	—	—	4,128	5.1	3,140	4.1
Pennsylvania	64,336	64,267	—	—	—	—
Rhode Island	5,077	5,307	1,655	6.7	1,180	4.9

South Carolina	15,857	18,863	4,767	4.6	3,335	3.3
South Dakota	4,177	4,169	799	4.1	664	3.6
Tennessee	26,221	28,130	5,441	3.7	3,675	2.6
Texas	120,351	120,842	27,763	4.3	23,061	3.7
Utah	13,948	14,328	2,673	3.4	2,092	2.8

Vermont	3,193	3,149	—	—	—	—
Virginia	35,065	38,128	5,826	3.1	4,056	2.2
Washington	30,303	32,036	9,477	5.6	7,160	4.5
West Virginia	8,648	8,759	1,871	4.3	1,464	3.6
Wisconsin	31,924	32,044	3,944	2.6	2,496	1.8
Wyoming	2,747	2,688	827	5.8	551	4.2

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas Islands	—	—	—	†	—	†
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	183	7.5	88	3.4
— Not available. State did not report graduate counts or dropout counts by gender.
¹ Graduate counts were calculated using district-level data. Totals may differ from graduate counts on other tables due to different reporting levels. Graduation rates were not calculated due to missing data at the school district level.
² 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 by NCES into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates.
³ Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported data.
⁴ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2006–07, Version 1a; and "NCES Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File," School Year 2006–07, Version 1a.

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