Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 25-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders without a regular high school diploma by socioeconomic status, by race-ethnicity, fall 1994

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                                                                     Not enrolled in
                                Post-       Post-                     postsecondary
                              secondary   secondary                   education and
                              education   education    Employed        unemployed/
                                only      and work       only       not in labor force
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Overall
    Total                        3.5        6.9          65.9              23.7
    Low SES                      1.5        3.9          67.8              26.8
    Middle SES                   4.2        9.2          68.3              18.4
    High SES                    10.1       12.6          51.0              26.4

Race
  Asian Pacific Islander
    Total                        3.3       15.4          59.4              22.0
    Low SES                       -          -             -                 -
    Middle SES                    -          -             -                 - 
    High SES                      -          -             -                 -
  Hispanic
    Total                        1.6        4.1          64.2              30.1
    Low SES                      1.2        4.0          61.5              33.3
    Middle SES                   2.2        3.9          75.6              18.3
    High SES                                              
  Black, non-Hispanic
    Total                        5.7        7.3          48.6              38.4
    Low SES                      2.3        4.3          52.7              40.8
    Middle SES                   7.9       14.2          49.0              28.8
    High SES                                              
  White, non-Hispanic
    Total                        3.4        7.4          72.8              16.5
    Low SES                      1.3        3.7          78.0              17.0
    Middle SES                   3.7        8.7          71.6              15.9
    High SES                     9.3       16.8          59.3              14.5
  Native American
    Total                        4.3        2.9          59.5              33.3
    Low SES                      0.0        0.7          50.9              48.4
    Middle SES                    -          -             -                 -                           
    High SES                      -          -             -                 - 
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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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