Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cohort dropout rate --------------------------- HS&B/1 NELS:88 Status in 10th grade 1980-82 1990-92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 0.42 0.36 Sex Male 0.64 0.45 Female 0.54 0.56 Race-ethnicity/2 Asian, Pacific Islander 0.73 2.14 Hispanic 1.65 1.44 Black, non-Hispanic 1.15 1.22 White, non-Hispanic 0.46 0.33 Native American 5.33 8.09 Family below poverty level Yes 0.86 1.16 No 0.28 0.35 Family composition Intact family 0.24 0.42 Two adults/step-parents 1.25 1.06 Single parent 0.78 0.96 Other 1.86 2.22 Own child in home Yes Male 6.50 2.35 Female 7.42 3.91 No Male 0.38 0.46 Female 0.36 0.56 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/Rates for HS&B are revised from previously published data.
2/Not shown separately are those included in the total whose race ethnicity is unknown.
NOTE: See the technical appendix for the definitions of poverty and family composition used in these tables.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Study,
Sophomore cohort, First Followup Survey, 1982, unpublished data. U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 First and Second Followup Surveys, 1990
and 1992, unpublished data.