Table 219.62a.

Percentage distribution of 2009 ninth-graders, by high school persistence status in 2012 and 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	2.7		(0.20)	6.8		(0.28)	90.5		(0.36)
Sex
Male	100.0	2.7		(0.27)	7.8		(0.51)	89.4		(0.55)
Female	100.0	2.6		(0.30)	5.8		(0.39)	91.6		(0.47)
Race/ethnicity
White	100.0	2.1		(0.20)	5.4		(0.30)	92.6		(0.38)
Black	100.0	4.3		(0.81)	9.4		(0.94)	86.3		(1.35)
Hispanic	100.0	3.5		(0.73)	8.7		(0.92)	87.8		(1.38)
Asian	100.0	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	95.9		(1.14)
Other	100.0	2.7		(0.56)	7.5		(1.19)	89.8		(1.33)
Age in 2012
17 years or younger	100.0	0.6		(0.14)	5.6		(0.58)	93.7		(0.58)
17.1 to 17.5 years	100.0	0.9		(0.15)	4.9		(0.36)	94.3		(0.40)
17.6 years or older	100.0	7.1		(0.65)	10.4		(0.63)	82.5		(0.89)
Mathematics assessment score in 2009
Lowest fifth	100.0	6.2		(0.96)	11.7		(1.05)	82.1		(1.31)
Second fifth	100.0	3.1		(0.48)	9.3		(0.92)	87.6		(0.93)
Third fifth	100.0	2.0		(0.35)	6.3		(0.65)	91.7		(0.73)
Fourth fifth	100.0	0.9		(0.21)	3.3		(0.37)	95.9		(0.40)
Highest fifth	100.0	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	96.8		(0.43)
Students' educational expectations in       9th grade (2009)
High school education or less	100.0	7.6		(1.13)	11.4		(1.17)	80.9		(1.43)
Some college	100.0	2.7		(0.73)	6.8		(1.39)	90.4		(1.60)
Bachelor's degree	100.0	1.0		(0.25)	4.9		(0.69)	94.1		(0.71)
Master's or higher degree	100.0	1.1		(0.20)	5.1		(0.48)	93.9		(0.49)
Do not know yet	100.0	2.5		(0.41)	7.9		(0.69)	89.6		(0.81)
Student's educational expectations in       11th grade (2012)
High school education or less	100.0	8.5		(0.97)	12.1		(0.85)	79.4		(1.15)
Some college	100.0	2.5		(0.44)	9.0		(0.86)	88.5		(0.99)
Bachelor's degree	100.0	1.2		(0.25)	4.9		(0.59)	93.9		(0.63)
Master's or higher degree	100.0	0.6		(0.14)	4.0		(0.39)	95.4		(0.41)
Do not know yet	100.0	4.0		(0.61)	9.4		(1.22)	86.7		(1.40)
Language student first learned to speak
English	100.0	2.8		(0.25)	6.8		(0.30)	90.4		(0.41)
Not English or English and another        language equally	100.0	2.0		(0.42)	7.0		(0.82)	91.0		(0.94)
Family's socioeconomic status in 20093
Lowest quintile	100.0	4.7		(0.56)	12.2		(1.02)	83.1		(1.04)
Middle quintile	100.0	2.7		(0.29)	6.0		(0.34)	91.2		(0.41)
Highest quintile	100.0	‡		(†)	3.8		(0.47)	95.7		(0.48)
Highest education level of parents
High school education or less	100.0	4.1		(0.40)	9.3		(0.57)	86.6		(0.76)
Some college	100.0	2.8		(0.40)	6.6		(0.55)	90.6		(0.74)
Bachelor's degree	100.0	1.2		(0.28)	3.9		(0.40)	94.9		(0.48)
Master's or higher degree	100.0	0.7	!	(0.23)	4.1		(0.57)	95.2		(0.61)

†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.

3 Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income.

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.)