Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994
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Asian/ Black, White,
Pacific non- non- Native
Total Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic American
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Total 37.4 19.7 48.9 47.3 34.0 66.4
High school completion status
High school graduate 26.7 14.2 33.1 33.6 25.2 51.2
GED/certificate 67.2 - 67.5 73.9 65.4 -
Other 91.8 86.4 97.1 86.2 91.9 97.6
Low SES 64.2 22.6 59.7 57.0 70.2 87.1
High school graduates 50.1 15.7 43.2 42.3 57.8 80.0
GED/certificate 73.6 - 73.2 70.6 74.3 -
Other 94.8 - 96.5 89.8 96.2 -
Middle SES 37.1 25.3 41.0 43.0 35.8 53.0
High school graduates 28.6 17.7 28.4 33.7 28.2 35.3
GED/certificate 66.7 - 63.7 62.3 68.3 -
Other 89.4 - 97.8 80.3 90.0 -
High SES 11.7 7.1 10.1 33.6 10.3 -
High school graduates8.0 6.8 8.2 10.3 7.9 - -
GED/certificate 58.6 - - - 35.9 -
Other 76.9 - - - 75.4 -
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-Insufficient sample size to compute reliable estimate.
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Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.
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