Table 5. Public school number of dropouts and event dropout rate in grades 9-12, by grade, state or jurisdiction: School year 2006-07

	Grade 91			Grade 101			Grade 111			Grade 121
State or jurisdiction	Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate
Reporting states2	129,428	3.4		128,803	3.7		133,361	4.2		190,768	6.5
Alabama	1,216	1.9		1,409	2.6		1,256	2.6		1,097	2.5
Alaska	525	4.6		712	6.6		891	8.7		961	9.6
Arizona	3,951	4.7		4,496	5.7		5,434	7.5		9,307	13.2
Arkansas	1,111	2.9		1,486	4.0		1,889	5.6		1,970	6.6
California	17,369	3.2		18,207	3.5		22,044	4.5		51,103	11.6
Colorado	3,466	5.4		3,846	6.4		3,982	7.1		4,971	9.2
Connecticut	894	1.9		951	2.1		1,040	2.4		752	1.9
Delaware	757	6.7		561	5.7		371	4.5		331	4.4
District of Columbia	512	7.7		346	7.6		258	6.1		226	6.5
Florida	8,437	3.5		7,744	3.7		7,302	3.9		7,059	4.4
Georgia	7,002	4.8		5,959	4.9		4,832	4.6		3,308	3.7
Hawaii	625	3.8		835	5.9		751	5.6		727	6.8
Idaho	341	1.6		474	2.3		602	3.1		691	3.8
Illinois	6,815	3.8		5,916	3.6		6,017	4.0		6,752	4.7
Indiana	1,144	1.3		1,603	2.0		2,319	3.1		3,423	5.0
Iowa	276	0.7		558	1.4		1,070	2.8		1,703	4.5
Kansas	504	1.3		854	2.3		1,051	3.0		1,448	4.4
Kentucky	1,350	2.3		1,768	3.4		1,690	3.7		1,150	2.8
Louisiana	4,872	8.3		2,945	6.5		2,714	6.7		3,004	7.8
Maine	344	2.2		507	3.3		884	5.8		1,519	10.2
Maryland	3,585	4.5		2,650	3.8		2,185	3.4		1,878	3.1
Massachusetts	3,224	3.9		2,827	3.7		2,599	3.6		2,781	4.1
Michigan	8,289	5.3		10,347	7.1		8,851	6.8		13,291	11.2
Minnesota	741	1.1		1,343	2.0		1,989	2.9		4,410	6.1
Mississippi	1,778	4.2		1,664	4.6		1,397	4.6		1,076	4.0
Missouri	2,432	3.0		2,688	3.7		2,958	4.4		2,610	4.1
Montana	342	2.7		459	3.8		510	4.4		466	4.3
Nebraska	448	1.8		587	2.5		686	3.1		873	4.1
Nevada	1,517	3.7		1,425	4.2		1,090	4.3		1,470	6.9
New Hampshire	107	0.6		361	2.1		623	3.7		1,086	7.0
New Jersey	1,762	1.7		2,007	2.0		1,995	2.1		1,775	2.0
New Mexico	1,851	6.4		1,717	6.6		1,287	6.0		963	5.2
New York	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
North Carolina	8,009	6.3		6,237	5.8		5,621	5.9		3,752	4.5
North Dakota	100	1.2		200	2.4		229	2.9		222	2.8
Ohio	8,346	5.2		4,688	3.3		5,180	3.8		7,222	5.6
Oklahoma	1,460	2.8		1,580	3.4		1,774	4.1		1,478	3.8
Oregon	793	2.0		1,307	3.1		2,009	4.9		3,380	8.7
Pennsylvania	—	—		—	—		4,006	3.1		4,536	3.6
Rhode Island	783	5.7		821	6.4		715	6.1		516	4.9
South Carolina	2,708	4.1		2,309	4.2		1,817	4.2		1,268	3.1
South Dakota	267	2.6		434	4.4		346	3.8		416	4.8
Tennessee	1,808	2.2		1,796	2.3		2,565	3.7		2,947	4.8
Texas	9,682	2.4		11,991	3.7		10,173	3.5		18,978	7.2
Utah	153	0.4		339	0.9		736	1.9		3,537	9.7
Vermont	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
Virginia	2,461	2.3		2,206	2.2		2,443	2.7		2,873	3.5
Washington	3,303	3.7		3,555	4.2		4,586	5.7		5,501	7.1
West Virginia	838	3.4		865	4.0		896	4.5		736	4.0
Wisconsin	1,004	1.3		802	1.1		1,311	1.8		3,323	4.7
Wyoming	126	1.8		421	5.7		393	6.1		438	7.1
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic3	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
American Samoa	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
Guam	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
Northern Marianas Islands	40	4.1		38	4.4		9	1.4		12.0	1.7
Puerto Rico	—	—		—	—		—	—		—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	157	8.6		53	4.2		36	3.6		25.0	2.6
— Not available. State did not report dropout counts or reported counts that did not conform to the NCES definition.
1 Ungraded students (students not in a standard grade) who drop out of school are assigned by the local education agency (LEA) to the graded dropout count that most closely matches the grade they would have been enrolled in based on their age. Ungraded student enrollments are prorated by NCES into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates.
2 Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported data.
3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2006-07, Version 1a.