Table 4. Number of dropouts and dropout rates in grades 9–12, by gender and state or jurisdiction: School year 2004

Numbers and Rates of Public High School Dropouts: School Year 2004–05

NCES 2008-305
December 2007

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Table 4. Number of dropouts and dropout rates in grades 9–12, by gender and state or jurisdiction: School year 2004–05
	Number of dropouts, grades 9–12¹		Dropout rates, grades 9–12¹
State or jurisdiction	Male	Female	Male	Female
Reporting states²	289,675	209,818	4.4	3.4

Alabama	3,594	2,331	3.4	2.3
Alaska³	1,828	1,466	8.7	7.4
Arizona³	11,355	8,625	6.9	5.5
Arkansas	‡	2,189	‡	4.1
California	34,302	25,029	3.5	2.7

Colorado	9,955	7,542	8.6	6.8
Connecticut	‡	‡	‡	‡
Delaware	1,081	802	6.0	4.6
District of Columbia	—	—	—	—
Florida³	15,772	11,861	4.0	3.1

Georgia	14,349	9,596	6.7	4.5
Hawaii	1,463	1,084	5.2	4.1
Idaho	1,377	973	3.5	2.6
Illinois³	15,522	11,817	5.0	3.9
Indiana	4,479	3,101	2.9	2.1

Iowa	1,829	1,473	2.3	2.0
Kansas	1,818	1,250	2.4	1.8
Kentucky	3,570	2,830	3.7	3.1
Louisiana	8,144	6,066	8.7	6.3
Maine	1,023	725	3.2	2.4

Maryland³	6,315	4,135	4.7	3.1
Massachusetts	6,524	‡	4.4	‡
Michigan	11,956	8,533	4.4	3.3
Minnesota	‡	‡	‡	‡
Mississippi	2,263	1,387	3.5	2.1

Missouri	5,891	4,357	4.2	3.2
Montana	902	726	3.6	3.1
Nebraska	1,451	980	3.1	2.2
Nevada	‡	‡	‡	‡
New Hampshire	1,429	877	4.2	2.7

New Jersey³	‡	‡	‡	‡
New Mexico	2,143	1,983	4.3	4.1
New York³	29,477	20,527	6.6	4.8
North Carolina	12,401	8,597	6.1	4.3
North Dakota	384	240	2.2	1.5

Ohio	11,067	8,605	3.8	3.1
Oklahoma	3,391	2,865	3.8	3.3
Oregon	—	—	—	—
Pennsylvania	9,849	7,169	3.3	2.5
Rhode Island	‡	‡	‡	‡

South Carolina	3,808	2,669	3.9	2.7
South Dakota	941	775	4.7	4.1
Tennessee³	‡	‡	‡	‡
Texas	24,271	19,204	3.9	3.2
Utah	2,959	2,559	3.9	3.6

Vermont³	482	354	2.9	2.3
Virginia	5,269	3,660	2.9	2.1
Washington	8,326	6,043	5.0	3.8
West Virginia	1,888	1,489	4.5	3.7
Wisconsin	4,071	2,776	2.8	2.0
Wyoming	756	548	5.3	4.2

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁴	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁴	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas Islands	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico³	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—
— Not available. State did not report dropout counts or reported counts that did not conform to the NCES definition. See appendix A for more information.
‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for districts that represent more than 20 percent of gender category total membership.
¹ Ungraded students (students not in a standard grade) who drop out of school are assigned by the local education agency (LEA) to the graded dropout count that most closely matches the grade they would have been enrolled in based on their age. Ungraded student enrollments are prorated into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates. See appendix A for more information.
² Reporting state totals include those within the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported data.
³ State reported dropout counts on an alternative July through June cycle rather than the October through September cycle specified by NCES.
⁴ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: A dropout is an individual who was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year, but was not enrolled at the beginning of the current school year, has not graduated from high school or completed a state- or district-approved education program; and does not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program; temporary absence due to suspension or school-approved illness; or death.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Common Core of Data State-Level Public School Dropout Data File," 2004–05, version 1a.

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