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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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A-6e.—Percentage of enrollment base for 9–12 dropout rate, by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1993–94
State Total Race/ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black, non-
Hispanic
White, non-
Hispanic
Alabama
201,386 1.0 0.6 0.3 35.3 62.8
Alaska
Arizona
184,815 7.0 1.9 26.0 3.9 61.2
Arkansas
125,799 0.4 0.8 0.7 23.0 75.1
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
128,076 0.4 2.5 9.8 12.5 74.9
Delaware
28,930 1.7 3.3 27.3 67.3
District of Columbia
18,714 1.8 6.8 88.9 2.5
Florida
 
Georgia
324,879 0.2 1.6 1.3 36.3 60.6
Hawaii
Idaho
69,551
Illinois
525,355 0.2 3.3 9.7 19.1 67.6
Indiana
 
Iowa
143,555 0.3 1.5 1.4 2.5 94.2
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
211,802 0.5 1.5 1.4 41.9 54.7
Maine
56,305
 
Maryland
200,491 0.2 4.4 3.0 33.3 59.1
Massachusetts
232,354 0.2 3.6 8.1 8.3 79.9
Michigan
Minnesota
230,463 1.6 3.2 1.5 3.4 90.3
Mississippi
135,357 0.4 0.6 0.2 49.5 49.4
 
Missouri
245,049 0.2 1.0 0.9 14.5 83.4
Montana
Nebraska
81,663 0.9 1.3 2.9 4.9 90.0
Nevada
60,919 1.8 4.8 12.8 9.1 71.5
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
300,322 0.1 5.7 11.4 16.5 66.3
New Mexico
88,247 11.2 1.2 44.6 2.3 40.7
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
34,813
 
Ohio
520,024 0.1 1.0 1.4 13.3 84.2
Oklahoma
162,751 12.8 1.4 2.7 9.6 73.5
Oregon
147,076 1.9 3.5 5.0 2.2 87.5
Pennsylvania
499,211 0.1 1.9 2.8 12.7 82.5
Rhode Island
39,263 0.4 2.6 7.3 6.5 83.2
 
South Carolina
South Dakota
39,994 10.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 87.4
Tennessee
243,373 0.1 0.8 0.4 21.3 77.5
Texas
Utah
140,048
 
Vermont
25,386 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.6 97.2
Virginia
285,898 0.2 4.0 2.8 23.0 70.0
Washington
West Virginia
97,725 0.1 0.4 0.2 3.7 95.6
Wisconsin
236,962 1.2 1.7 2.5 6.9 87.6
Wyoming
29,497 2.2 0.8 5.9 0.9 90.2
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
3,465 100.0
Guam
7,757
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico
166,839 100.0
Virgin Islands
5,844 8.5 91.0
 
— Data missing.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97."
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