Table 7. Number and percentage of students dropping out of grades 9 through 12,
and percent who are male or minority among reporting states:
School year 1995–96
Grade 9–12 Percent Percent
Grade 9–12 Percent Dropouts Dropouts
State Dropouts Dropouts who were male who were minority
Alabama 11,573 5.6 57.3 40.3
Arkansas 5,305 4.1 57.9 37.3
California 58,150 3.9 55.3 74.4
Connecticut 6,152 4.8 57.0 52.3
Delaware 1,404 4.5 59.8 40.6
Georgia 29,284 8.5 59.0 46.8
Hawaii 2,406 4.7 60.1 66.4
Indiana 10,232 3.5 57.2 20.4
Iowa 4,791 3.1 57.9 16.4
Kansas 6,335 4.7 56.5 30.3
Louisiana 24,986 11.6 56.9 53.9
Maine 1,805 3.1 61.5 2.9
Massachusetts 8,079 3.3 58.1 36.3
Minnesota 12,434 5.3 58.0 30.7
Mississippi 8,487 6.2 59.3 56.5
Missouri 16,753 6.6 58.1 28.2
Montana 2,697 5.6 58.2 18.5
Nebraska 3,924 4.5 57.5 29.8
Nevada 6,647 9.6 55.6 41.5
New York 29,169 3.7 55.9 64.7
North Dakota 916 2.5 60.4 29.8
Ohio 29,264 5.4 60.2 33.8
Oregon 10,318 7.0 56.0 22.5
Pennsylvania 20,776 4.0 57.7 42.5
Rhode Island 1,849 4.6 58.2 31.8
South Carolina 5,297 2.9 60.1 50.1
Utah 6,546 4.4 54.3 22.7
West Virginia 3,641 3.8 57.7 4.9
Wyoming 1,752 5.7 57.2 17.5
Outlying areas
Puerto Rico 2,509 1.5 49.0 100.0
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, ,
Common Core of Data, Agency Universe, 1996–97.
