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Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98
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Table 6e.—Dropout rate, by grade and state: School year 1993–94
State Grade
7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Alabama*
0.6 1.3 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.0
Alaska
Arizona*
3.2 3.3 14.3 13.5 13.1 13.4
Arkansas
1.5 1.8 3.7 5.6 6.3 5.9
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
0.9 0.9 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.6
Delaware
0.0 0.1 4.5 5.4 4.5 3.9
District of Columbia
5.2 6.9 9.9 11.2 10.9 4.5
Florida
 
Georgia
1.5 2.1 9.0 9.3 8.4 7.9
Hawaii
Idaho*
0.0 0.0 5.7 9.3 10.8 8.4
Illinois*
0.5 1.1 5.1 7.3 8.2 7.1
Indiana
 
Iowa
0.0 0.1 1.7 3.0 4.2 4.2
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
1.4 2.2 5.1 4.3 5.1 4.0
Maine
0.1 0.2 2.0 2.8 3.6 4.2
 
Maryland*
0.0 0.2 6.0 5.2 4.5 5.0
Massachusetts
0.1 0.3 3.0 4.3 4.4 3.3
Michigan
Minnesota
0.4 0.7 2.5 4.9 6.3 7.0
Mississippi
1.3 2.0 6.4 6.8 6.1 4.9
 
Missouri
0.4 0.8 6.0 7.6 7.8 6.5
Montana
Nebraska
0.2 0.3 3.1 4.5 5.5 5.7
Nevada
2.4 2.4 4.5 6.8 11.3 18.6
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey*
0.5 0.9 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.2
New Mexico
1.8 2.1 8.4 8.8 8.2 6.4
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
0.1 0.1 1.2 2.4 3.8 3.5
 
Ohio*
0.8 0.9 3.6 4.2 5.1 6.7
Oklahoma*
0.8 1.0 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.5
Oregon
1.0 1.3 4.4 6.7 8.0 10.8
Pennsylvania
0.0 0.2 2.7 3.9 4.7 4.2
Rhode Island
0.1 0.3 4.4 5.3 5.5 4.4
 
South Carolina
South Dakota*
0.6 0.8 4.9 5.9 6.1 4.2
Tennessee*
1.0 1.2 3.2 4.6 5.9 6.3
Texas
Utah
0.2 0.3 0.6 2.9 4.2 5.2
 
Vermont*
0.5 0.5 2.8 4.5 5.7 6.7
Virginia*
0.5 0.8 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5
Washington
West Virginia
0.7 0.2 3.1 4.3 3.9 3.8
Wisconsin*
0.4 0.6 2.1 2.4 3.1 5.3
Wyoming*
0.2 0.5 3.7 6.9 8.1 7.7
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
1.1 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.6
Guam
1.9 0.9 13.9 9.2 9.9 10.6
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico*
1.9 1.8 1.7 3.1 2.4 1.4
Virgin Islands
1.1 2.8 5.1 2.2 1.0 3.1
 
— Data missing.
* This state reported on an alternative July–June cycle rather than the specified October–September cycle.
NOTE: Percentages less than 0.05 are rounded to 0.0.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97."
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