Table 219.62b.

Percentage distribution of 2009 ninth-graders who were current high school dropouts, stopouts, and continuous students in 2012, by selected student characteristics: 2009 and 2012

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected student characteristic	All students			Current dropouts1			Stopouts2			Continuous students
1	2			3			4			5
Total	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Number of friends who had dropped out       of high school as of 2012
None	70.7		(0.70)	22.1		(3.08)	46.5		(2.74)	73.9		(0.66)
Less than half	22.2		(0.50)	50.5		(4.19)	31.4		(2.02)	20.7		(0.52)
Half or more	4.1		(0.31)	19.3		(3.06)	14.0		(2.27)	3.0		(0.30)
Do not know	3.0		(0.26)	8.1		(1.99)	8.1		(1.63)	2.4		(0.24)
Students' educational expectations in 9th       grade (2009)
High school education or less	14.7		(0.56)	45.4		(5.29)	25.0		(2.20)	13.1		(0.53)
Some college	7.3		(0.34)	8.1		(2.04)	7.4		(1.49)	7.3		(0.37)
Bachelor's degree	17.2		(0.52)	7.0		(1.72)	12.7		(1.81)	17.8		(0.55)
Master's or higher degree	39.4		(0.64)	17.4		(3.18)	29.7		(2.56)	40.7		(0.68)
Do not know yet	21.5		(0.48)	22.2		(3.38)	25.2		(1.94)	21.2		(0.50)
Student's educational expectations in 11th       grade (2012)
High school education or less	17.2		(0.56)	54.4		(3.31)	30.6		(2.01)	15.1		(0.56)
Some college	11.5		(0.40)	10.9		(1.86)	15.2		(1.45)	11.3		(0.43)
Bachelor's degree	27.6		(0.54)	11.9		(2.36)	20.0		(2.21)	28.6		(0.61)
Master's or higher degree	32.9		(0.74)	6.9		(1.72)	19.3		(1.83)	34.7		(0.84)
Do not know yet	10.8		(0.41)	15.9		(2.40)	14.9		(1.86)	10.4		(0.42)
Mathematics assessment score in 2009
Lowest quintile	19.8		(0.75)	49.6		(5.23)	34.6		(2.52)	17.9		(0.76)
Second quintile	20.1		(0.66)	25.1		(3.52)	27.9		(2.76)	19.4		(0.68)
Third quintile	20.2		(0.48)	16.6		(2.80)	18.9		(1.96)	20.4		(0.51)
Fourth quintile	20.1		(0.56)	‡		(†)	9.8		(1.07)	21.2		(0.58)
Highest quintile	19.9		(0.70)	‡		(†)	8.8		(1.26)	21.2		(0.73)
Mathematics assessment score in 2012
Lowest quintile	20.0		(0.72)	60.9		(4.33)	33.4		(2.15)	17.8		(0.74)
Second quintile	20.0		(0.50)	25.1		(3.32)	29.7		(2.50)	19.1		(0.54)
Third quintile	20.0		(0.45)	8.9		(2.59)	19.9		(1.89)	20.3		(0.48)
Fourth quintile	20.0		(0.49)	3.6	!	(1.15)	9.9		(1.16)	21.2		(0.51)
Highest quintile	20.0		(0.68)	1.5	!	(0.66)	7.1		(1.02)	21.5		(0.71)
Number of times the following events       happened in the 6 months prior to the       2012 interview
Late to school
Never	30.0		(0.67)	21.4		(3.30)	23.3		(1.70)	30.8		(0.71)
1 or 2 times	36.4		(0.59)	25.2		(4.65)	30.8		(2.14)	37.2		(0.60)
3 to 6 times	20.5		(0.49)	23.8		(3.20)	24.6		(1.90)	20.1		(0.50)
7 to 9 times	5.2		(0.27)	9.3		(2.15)	8.6		(2.00)	4.8		(0.30)
10 or more times	7.9		(0.43)	20.3		(3.35)	12.6		(1.51)	7.2		(0.41)
Absent from school
Never	14.3		(0.43)	9.1		(2.11)	11.8		(1.28)	14.7		(0.46)
1 or 2 times	39.2		(0.59)	18.4		(2.68)	28.1		(2.23)	40.7		(0.60)
3 to 6 times	29.6		(0.58)	21.2		(2.81)	28.9		(1.86)	29.9		(0.58)
7 to 9 times	8.7		(0.31)	19.0		(5.20)	10.9		(1.32)	8.2		(0.34)
10 or more times	8.2		(0.41)	32.3		(3.79)	20.4		(2.22)	6.6		(0.35)
Cut or skipped class
Never	79.8		(0.59)	48.0		(4.45)	64.8		(2.24)	81.8		(0.57)
1 or 2 times	11.7		(0.42)	18.0		(2.88)	16.4		(1.70)	11.2		(0.41)
3 to 6 times	4.6		(0.29)	11.9		(2.56)	7.8		(1.14)	4.1		(0.31)
7 to 9 times	1.5		(0.15)	6.4		(1.53)	2.7	!	(0.83)	1.2		(0.13)
10 or more times	2.4		(0.22)	15.8		(2.48)	8.2		(1.44)	1.6		(0.20)
Was put on in-school suspension
Never	86.9		(0.53)	49.8		(4.00)	69.8		(1.90)	89.2		(0.49)
1 or 2 times	10.2		(0.44)	27.7		(3.55)	20.8		(1.69)	8.8		(0.43)
3 to 6 times	2.0		(0.17)	12.8		(2.54)	5.5		(0.98)	1.4		(0.15)
7 to 9 times	0.4		(0.07)	4.4		(1.32)	0.9	!	(0.38)	0.2		(0.05)
10 or more times	0.6		(0.08)	5.2		(1.45)	3.1		(0.77)	0.3		(0.07)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Current dropouts are 2009 ninth-graders who were not enrolled in school and had not completed high school or an alternative high school program as of the spring 2012 interview.

2 Stopouts are 2009 ninth-graders who were out of high school for at least one period of 4 weeks or longer between 2009 and 2012 but were enrolled in school as of the spring 2012 interview.

NOTE: Both the base year of the study (conducted in fall 2009, when the students were in the 9th grade) and the first follow-up (conducted in spring 2012, when most of the students were in the 11th grade) consisted of a mathematics assessment and a questionnaire-format interview. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and the suppression of cells that do not meet NCES standards.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) First Follow-up Public-Use Data File (NCES 2014-358); and High School Dropouts and Stopouts: Demographic Backgrounds, Academic Experiences, Engagement, and School Characteristics (NCES 2015-064). (This table was prepared July 2016.)