Dropouts, Completers and Graduation Rate Reports

These reports present the number and percentage of students dropping out and completing public school (among states that reported dropouts and completers).

These publications are available online for the following years:

School Year	NCES Number	Title	Formats Available
2018	NCES 2020-117	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2019	HTML and PDF
2018	NCES 2019-117	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2018	PDF
2014	NCES 2018-117	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2014	PDF
2013	NCES 2016-117	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2013	PDF
2012	NCES 2015-015	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2012	PDF
2010–2011 and 2011–2012	NCES 2014-391	Public High School Four-Year On-Time Graduation Rates and Event Dropout Rates: School Years 2010–11 and 2011–12	HTML and PDF
2009–2010	NCES 2013-309rev	Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009–10	HTML and PDF
2008–2009	NCES 2012-006	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2009	PDF
2008–2009	NCES 2011-312	Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09	HTML and PDF
1972–2008	NCES 2011-012	Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–08	HTML and PDF
2007–2008	NCES 2010-341	Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08	HTML and PDF
2006–2007	NCES 2010-313	Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006–07	HTML and PDF
	NCES 2009-064	High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007	PDF
	NCES 2008-053	Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2006	HTML and PDF
2005–2006	NCES 2007-059	Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005	HTML and PDF
	NCES 2008-353	Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005–06	PDF
2004–2005	NCES 2008-305	Numbers and Rates of Public High School Dropouts: School Year 2004–05	HTML and PDF
	NCES 2007-024	Dropout Rates in the United States: 2004	HTML and PDF
2002–2003 and 2003–2004	NCES 2006-062	Dropout Rates in the United States: 2002 and 2003	HTML and PDF
	NCES 2007-026	Event Dropout Rates for Public School Students in Grades 9-12: 2002–03 and 2003–04	PDF
	NCES 2006-606rev	The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04	PDF
2001–2002	NCES 2005-046	Dropout Rates in the United States: 2001	HTML and PDF
2001–2002 and 2002–2003	NCES 2006-601	The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools from the Common Core of Data: School Years 2001-02 and 2002-03	PDF
2000–2001	NCES 2002-114	Dropout Rates in the United States: 2000	HTML and PDF
	NCES 2004-310	Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2000-01	HTML and PDF
1999–2000	NCES 2001-022	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1999	HTML and PDF
1998–1999	NCES 2000-022	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1998	PDF
1998–1999 and 1999–2000	NCES 2002-382	Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Years 1998-99 and 1999-2000	HTML and PDF
1991–1992 to 1997–1998	NCES 2002-317	Public High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98	HTML and PDF
1997–1998	NCES 2000-022	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1997	PDF
1996–1997	NCES 98-250	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1996	HTML and PDF
1995–1996	NCES 98-250	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1995	HTML and PDF
1994–1995	NCES 96-863	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994	HTML and PDF
1993–1994	NCES 94-669	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1993	PDF
1992–1993	NCES 93-464	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1992	PDF
1991–1992	NCES 92-129	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1991	PDF
1990–1991	NCES 91-053	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1990	PDF
1989–1990	NCES 90-659	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1989	PDF
1988–1989	NCES 89-609	Dropout Rates in the United States: 1988	PDF

Annual Publications