Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 24-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders by employment and education status by high school completion status, by race-ethnicity, fall 1994

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                                                                                Not enrolled in 
                                                                           postsecondary educaton 
                                                                                 or employed
				Post-	      Post-	              -------------------------------     
                              secondary     secondary                              Not in 
                              education     education     Employed      Un-         labor
                                only        and work        only      employed      force      Total
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      Total                     39.6          18.0          35.1        2.6          4.7        7.3

    High school 
     graduates                  47.8          20.5          28.1        1.1          2.4        3.6
    Other                        3.5           6.9          65.9        9.0         14.7       23.7

Race
  Asian/Pacific Islander
    Total                       59.2          17.6          19.1        1.4          2.7        4.1
    High school         
     graduates                  64.3          17.9          15.4        1.0          1.4        2.4
    Other                        3.3          15.4          59.4        5.4         16.6       22.0
  Hispanic
    Total                       26.3          19.6          42.3        3.0          8.8       11.8
    High school 
     graduates                  35.6          25.4          34.0        1.0          4.0        5.0
    Other                        1.6           4.1          64.2        8.4         21.7       30.1
  Black, non-Hispanic
    Total                       31.0          17.1          35.4        8.2          8.4       16.6
    High school 
     graduates                  40.8          20.9          30.2        3.6          4.5        8.1
    Other                        5.7           7.3          48.6       20.1         18.3       38.4
  White, non-Hispanic
    Total                       42.8          18.1          34.5        1.2          3.4        4.6
    High school 
     graduates                  50.0          20.1          27.5        0.6          1.9        2.5
    Other                        3.4           7.4          72.8        4.6         11.8       16.5
  Native American
    Total                       13.6          10.9          50.8       16.6          8.2       24.7
    High school 
     graduates                  19.4          15.9          45.4       13.6          5.8       19.4
    Other                        4.3           2.9          59.5       21.2         12.0       33.3
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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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