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Table 219.50. | Number and percentage of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out of public schools (event dropout rate), by race/ethnicity, grade, and state or jurisdiction: 2009-10 |
State or jurisdiction | Percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out (event dropout rate), by race/ethnicity | Number and percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out (event dropout rate), by grade |
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Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 | ||||||||||||
Total | White | Black | His- panic |
Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Two or more races |
Number of dropouts |
Event dropout rate |
Number of dropouts |
Event dropout rate |
Number of dropouts |
Event dropout rate |
Number of dropouts |
Event dropout rate |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
United States | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 6.7 | ‡ | 104,756 | 2.6 | 113,370 | 3.0 | 117,536 | 3.3 | 175,806 | 5.1 |
Alabama | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | — | 864 | 1.4 | 1,128 | 2.0 | 1,048 | 2.1 | 862 | 1.8 |
Alaska | 6.9 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 404 | 4.0 | 551 | 5.5 | 1,014 | 9.3 | 851 | 8.7 |
Arizona | 7.8 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 14.6 | — | 4,207 | 5.1 | 4,594 | 5.7 | 5,269 | 7.0 | 10,795 | 13.6 |
Arkansas | 3.6 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 720 | 1.9 | 1,130 | 3.2 | 1,427 | 4.4 | 1,613 | 5.3 |
California | 4.6 | 2.8 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 13,849 | 2.6 | 15,518 | 3.1 | 20,625 | 4.2 | 42,587 | 8.9 |
Colorado | 5.3 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 10.1 | — | 1,957 | 3.1 | 2,216 | 3.7 | 3,045 | 5.3 | 5,673 | 9.7 |
Connecticut | 3.0 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | — | 1,316 | 2.8 | 1,127 | 2.6 | 1,452 | 3.4 | 1,299 | 3.2 |
Delaware | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 10.3 | — | 546 | 4.7 | 386 | 3.7 | 299 | 3.4 | 288 | 3.5 |
District of Columbia1 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 5.4 | # | — | 501 | 8.1 | 262 | 5.9 | 153 | 4.2 | 133 | 4.0 |
Florida | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 | — | 4,189 | 1.9 | 4,348 | 2.2 | 4,678 | 2.4 | 4,816 | 2.8 |
Georgia | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 5,800 | 4.0 | 5,095 | 4.2 | 4,074 | 3.8 | 2,800 | 2.9 |
Hawaii | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 9.0 | — | 562 | 3.7 | 816 | 5.7 | 726 | 5.8 | 632 | 6.0 |
Idaho | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | — | 211 | 1.0 | 235 | 1.1 | 301 | 1.5 | 386 | 2.0 |
Illinois | 2.9 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | — | 3,482 | 2.0 | 5,287 | 3.1 | 3,970 | 2.7 | 5,801 | 4.0 |
Indiana | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | — | 373 | 0.4 | 945 | 1.2 | 1,349 | 1.7 | 2,346 | 3.2 |
Iowa | 3.4 | 2.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 363 | 1.0 | 713 | 1.9 | 1,276 | 3.5 | 2,747 | 7.1 |
Kansas | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 442 | 1.2 | 661 | 1.9 | 765 | 2.3 | 1,105 | 3.3 |
Kentucky | 3.2 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | — | 1,076 | 2.0 | 1,769 | 3.5 | 1,762 | 3.8 | 1,615 | 3.7 |
Louisiana | 4.8 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.8 | — | 3,229 | 5.7 | 1,920 | 4.2 | 1,663 | 4.1 | 1,892 | 4.9 |
Maine | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 8.6 | — | 252 | 1.7 | 349 | 2.3 | 703 | 4.8 | 1,260 | 8.3 |
Maryland | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 | — | 1,998 | 2.7 | 2,029 | 3.0 | 1,686 | 2.7 | 1,369 | 2.2 |
Massachusetts | 2.8 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2,356 | 3.0 | 2,045 | 2.8 | 1,837 | 2.6 | 1,847 | 2.7 |
Michigan | 4.3 | 2.7 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 5.4 | — | 4,305 | 3.1 | 6,661 | 4.9 | 5,318 | 4.2 | 6,699 | 5.3 |
Minnesota | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 5.7 | — | 337 | 0.5 | 453 | 0.7 | 796 | 1.2 | 2,752 | 3.7 |
Mississippi | 7.4 | 5.6 | 9.3 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 4.6 | # | 2,399 | 6.0 | 2,651 | 7.3 | 2,339 | 7.3 | 2,023 | 7.0 |
Missouri | 3.5 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | — | 2,139 | 2.9 | 2,009 | 2.9 | 2,449 | 3.6 | 3,245 | 4.8 |
Montana | 4.3 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 10.3 | — | 340 | 2.9 | 435 | 3.9 | 527 | 4.9 | 599 | 5.7 |
Nebraska | 2.2 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 7.0 | — | 186 | 0.8 | 372 | 1.7 | 538 | 2.5 | 825 | 3.7 |
Nevada | 4.5 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | — | 790 | 2.3 | 1,389 | 4.0 | 1,294 | 4.4 | 2,071 | 8.0 |
New Hampshire | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3 | # | 6 | # | 90 | 0.6 | 667 | 4.3 |
New Jersey | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1,696 | 1.6 | 1,667 | 1.6 | 1,522 | 1.5 | 1,594 | 1.6 |
New Mexico | 6.9 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 2,229 | 7.5 | 2,075 | 7.8 | 1,484 | 6.6 | 1,021 | 5.1 |
New York | 3.6 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 5.6 | — | 7,354 | 3.1 | 8,222 | 3.5 | 6,674 | 3.4 | 8,931 | 4.7 |
North Carolina | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 6.1 | — | 6,553 | 5.1 | 5,535 | 4.9 | 4,769 | 4.8 | 3,338 | 3.8 |
North Dakota | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 7.5 | — | 40 | 0.5 | 174 | 2.3 | 207 | 2.7 | 259 | 3.4 |
Ohio | 4.2 | 2.8 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 7.8 | — | 6,968 | 4.4 | 3,853 | 2.8 | 4,574 | 3.7 | 7,011 | 5.9 |
Oklahoma | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | — | 949 | 1.9 | 1,062 | 2.3 | 1,188 | 2.8 | 1,086 | 2.7 |
Oregon | 3.4 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 6.7 | — | 465 | 1.0 | 771 | 1.7 | 1,451 | 3.3 | 3,299 | 7.2 |
Pennsylvania | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | — | 1,643 | 1.1 | 3,029 | 2.0 | 3,268 | 2.3 | 4,302 | 3.1 |
Rhode Island | 4.6 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 8.5 | — | 573 | 4.4 | 613 | 5.0 | 509 | 4.7 | 471 | 4.4 |
South Carolina | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 5.6 | — | 1,691 | 2.7 | 1,811 | 3.3 | 1,547 | 3.2 | 1,220 | 2.7 |
South Dakota | 2.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 10.5 | — | 184 | 1.8 | 267 | 2.7 | 258 | 2.8 | 291 | 3.3 |
Tennessee | 2.7 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.7 | — | 1,370 | 1.8 | 1,579 | 2.1 | 1,790 | 2.6 | 2,843 | 4.3 |
Texas | 2.7 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3.6 | — | 6,945 | 1.8 | 8,253 | 2.5 | 6,824 | 2.2 | 14,048 | 4.8 |
Utah | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 5.7 | — | 207 | 0.5 | 555 | 1.4 | 927 | 2.3 | 2,444 | 6.1 |
Vermont | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | # | 4.1 | 76 | 1.0 | 180 | 2.4 | 215 | 3.0 | 250 | 3.4 |
Virginia | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | — | 1,741 | 1.7 | 1,857 | 1.9 | 1,934 | 2.1 | 2,467 | 2.8 |
Washington | 4.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 8.2 | — | 2,881 | 3.4 | 2,792 | 3.4 | 3,472 | 4.4 | 4,815 | 5.8 |
West Virginia | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 809 | 3.4 | 848 | 4.1 | 839 | 4.4 | 798 | 4.3 |
Wisconsin | 2.2 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 5.2 | — | 971 | 1.4 | 611 | 0.9 | 1,222 | 1.7 | 3,260 | 4.6 |
Wyoming | 6.0 | 5.0 | 13.1 | # | 1.7 | 20.8 | 94.9 | 215 | 3.2 | 516 | 7.3 | 389 | 6.1 | 460 | 7.5 |
Bureau of Indian | |||||||||||||||
Education | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
DoD, overseas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
DoD, domestic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other jurisdictions | |||||||||||||||
American Samoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Guam | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northern Marianas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerto Rico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 5.5 | # | 5.3 | 7.4 | # | # | — | 122 | 7.2 | 68 | 5.5 | 53 | 4.7 | 38 | 3.7 |
—Not available. | |||||||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | |||||||||||||||
1 Data were imputed based on prior year rates. | |||||||||||||||
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Event dropout rates measure the percentage of public school students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped out of school between one October and the next. Enrollment and dropout data for ungraded students were prorated into grades 9 through 12 based on the counts for graded students. DoD stands for Department of Defense. | |||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2009-10. (This table was prepared November 2012.) |