Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 17-Completion status of eighth grade class of 1988, August 1992 and spring 1994

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                                               Completion status     
                                                  August 1992        
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Completion status Spring 1994         Completed      Enrolled      Dropout
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  Total                                 84.1           7.8           8.2

Received a high school diploma          96.7          29.2           9.2
Received a GED                           3.2          20.0          10.2
Received a certificate of 
 attendance                              0.1           0.2           0.2
Currently in high school                  -            3.5           1.0
Working towards an equivalency            -           23.4          30.3
Dropout                                   -           23.1          49.2
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-Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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