Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 1997-98 / Table 7
| Table 7. |
Number and percentage of students dropping out of grades 9 through 12
and percentage of dropouts who are male or minority, by reporting states:
School year 1996-97
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Percentage Percentage
Grade 9-12 Grade 9-12 dropouts dropouts
number of percentage who were who were
State dropouts dropouts male minority
Alabama 10,910 5.3 58.7 40.7
Alaska 1,728 4.9 57.2 47.6
Arkansas 6,748 5.0 58.8 29.4
California 51,403 3.3 55.5 74.3
Connecticut 5,390 3.9 57.5 48.6
Delaware 1,464 4.5 58.2 45.5
Georgia 29,294 8.2 59.9 48.6
Hawaii 2,525 4.8 53.1 77.0
Indiana 9,246 3.2 58.9 20.6
Iowa 4,621 2.9 57.4 15.1
Kansas 6,323 4.6 56.6 33.7
Louisiana 25,087 11.6 57.9 55.7
Maine 1,845 3.2 58.1 3.1
Massachusetts 8,423 3.4 57.5 37.6
Minnesota 13,449 5.5 57.4 32.9
Mississippi 8,309 6.0 59.8 58.0
Missouri 15,020 5.8 57.3 29.8
Montana 2,140 5.1 56.9 18.6
Nebraska 3,773 4.3 59.6 28.9
Nevada 7,600 10.2 54.5 43.8
New Mexico 7,230 7.5 55.8 72.4
New York 27,280 3.4 56.2 64.1
North Dakota 1,004 2.7 57.9 31.1
Ohio 28,507 5.2 60.1 32.2
Oregon 10,573 6.9 56.2 23.7
Pennsylvania 20,463 3.9 57.9 42.6
Rhode Island 1,933 4.7 59.7 31.5
S. Carolina 5,049 2.7 61.9 50.6
Texas 36,521 3.6 54.8 70.5
Utah 6,807 4.5 52.9 20.8
West Virginia 3,851 4.1 57.5 5.0
Wyoming 1,963 6.2 57.2 17.8
| NOTE: |
Membership in ungraded districts reporting dropouts is prorated across
grades. Table includes all districts reporting 0 or more dropouts in
any of grades 9 through 12.
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| SOURCE: |
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common
Core of Data, Agency Universe 1997-98; State Nonfiscal Survey and School
Universe, 1996-97.
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