Table 8. Public high school number of graduates, number of high school dropouts for grades 9–12, and high school event dropout rate for grades 9–12, by gender and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008

Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09

NCES 2011-312
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Table 8. Public high school number of graduates, number of high school dropouts for grades 9–12, and high school event dropout rate for grades 9–12, by gender and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008–09
	Number of graduates ¹		High school dropouts²
	Number of graduates ¹		Male		Female
State or jurisdiction	Male	Female	Number of dropouts	Dropout rate³	Number of dropouts	Dropout rate³
Reporting states⁴	1,287,697	1,331,728	267,999	3.6	198,699	2.7

Alabama	20,207	21,826	1,987	1.8	1,326	1.2
Alaska	3,966	4,042	1,602	7.6	1,302	6.4
Arizona	30,459	31,843	12,733	7.9	9,845	6.4
Arkansas	14,091	13,965	3,305	4.7	2,327	3.5
California	—	—	—	—	—	—

Colorado	23,227	24,232	8,075	6.7	6,496	5.6
Connecticut	17,270	17,696	3,508	3.9	1,876	2.2
Delaware	3,862	3,977	1,202	6.2	754	4.0
District of Columbia	1,498	2,019	629	7.6	545	5.9
Florida	72,427	77,639	11,687	3.0	8,549	2.3

Georgia	41,306	44,857	11,691	5.1	7,768	3.4
Hawaii	6,026	5,482	1,496	5.4	1,071	4.2
Idaho	8,371	8,436	747	1.8	592	1.5
Illinois	63,901	66,193	35,414	11.5	27,568	8.6
Indiana	30,229	32,083	3,192	2.0	2,099	1.4

Iowa	16,857	17,069	2,761	3.6	2,020	2.7
Kansas	14,973	14,729	1,683	2.4	1,130	1.7
Kentucky	20,200	20,987	2,940	2.9	2,184	2.3
Louisiana	16,544	19,077	7,263	8.2	5,006	5.5
Maine	6,403	6,390	1,204	4.0	885	3.2

Maryland	28,217	30,087	—	—	—	—
Massachusetts	32,388	32,870	5,039	3.4	3,542	2.5
Michigan	54,787	57,297	11,994	4.4	8,321	3.2
Minnesota	30,059	29,626	2,982	2.1	2,138	1.6
Mississippi	11,225	13,228	3,465	5.0	2,378	3.4

Missouri	31,392	31,577	6,777	4.7	5,157	3.7
Montana	5,089	4,988	1,288	5.6	984	4.5
Nebraska	9,682	9,819	1,313	2.8	865	2.0
Nevada	—	—	—	—	—	—
New Hampshire	7,434	7,323	670	2.0	445	1.4

New Jersey	47,721	47,364	3,975	1.8	2,944	1.4
New Mexico	8,745	9,186	2,697	5.4	2,095	4.4
New York	88,242	92,352	21,408	4.9	15,237	3.6
North Carolina	41,247	43,600	13,387	6.2	8,990	4.3
North Dakota	3,646	3,586	406	2.6	351	2.4

Ohio	59,687	60,141	12,469	4.3	10,508	3.8
Oklahoma	18,649	18,570	2,450	2.7	2,012	2.3
Oregon	16,864	17,151	3,257	3.7	2,579	3.2
Pennsylvania	64,759	65,483	7,620	2.6	5,559	2.0
Rhode Island	4,864	5,164	1,233	5.2	853	3.7

South Carolina	18,141	20,792	4,055	3.8	2,986	2.9
South Dakota	4,058	4,065	376	1.9	307	1.6
Tennessee	29,651	30,717	5,398	3.7	3,718	2.6
Texas	131,773	132,468	22,595	3.4	18,924	3.0
Utah	15,000	15,358	—	—	—	—

Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	—
Virginia	38,014	40,395	5,484	2.9	3,833	2.1
Washington	30,056	31,876	8,497	5.1	6,557	4.1
West Virginia	8,818	8,872	1,947	4.5	1,497	3.7
Wisconsin	32,919	32,491	3,941	2.7	2,471	1.8
Wyoming	2,753	2,740	157	1.1	105	0.8
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	—	—	—	—	—	—
Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	397	543	256	10.4	131	4.8
— Not available. State or jurisdiction 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 dropouts are prorated by NCES into grades based on the graded dropout counts to calculate numerators for dropout rates. Ungraded student enrollments are prorated by NCES into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominatorsfor dropout rates.
³ The event dropout rate is defined as the count of dropouts from a given school year divided by the count of student enrollments within the same grade span at the beginning of the same school year.
⁴ Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported all data elements.
⁵ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Overseas Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.
SOURCE: Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09 Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2008–09, Version 1a; and "NCES Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File," School Year 2008–09, Version 1a.

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