Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2006

NCES 2008-053
September 2008

List of Tables

Table 1	Revenues and percentage distribution of revenues for public elementary and secondary education, by source and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2006 Download Excel (28 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (21 KB)
Table 2	Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, and number of dropouts and population of 15- through 24-year-olds who were enrolled: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (22 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (19 KB)
Table 3	Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (22 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (19 KB)
Table 4	Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by family income: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (22 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (19 KB)
Table 5	Event dropout rates for public school students in grades 9–12, by state: School years 1993–94 through 2003–04 Download Excel (22 KB)
Table 6	Status dropout rates and number and distribution of dropouts of 16- through 24-year-olds, by selected characteristics: October 2006 Download Excel (22 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (20 KB)
Table 7	Status dropout rates, number of status dropouts, and population of 16- through 24-year-olds: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (20 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (18 KB)
Table 8	Status dropout rates of 16- through 24-year-olds, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (25 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (21 KB)
Table 9	Status completion rates, and number and distribution of completers ages 18–24 not currently enrolled in high school or below, by selected characteristics: October 2006 Download Excel (22 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (20 KB)
Table 10	Status completion rates, number of completers, and population of 18- through 24-year-olds: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (19 KB) Download Standard Errors Excel (19 KB)
Table 11	Status completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in high school or below, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2006 Download Excel (24 KB)
Table 12	Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2004–05 Download Excel (24 KB)
Table 13	Averaged freshman graduation rates of public high school students and change in rates, by state: School years 2001–02 to 2004–05 Download Excel (30 KB)
Appendix A-1	Summary table of high school dropout, completion, and graduation rates Download Excel (21 KB)
Appendix A-2	Percentage distribution of persons who passed the General Educational Development (GED) exam, by age group: 1998–2006 Download Excel (18 KB)