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Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008

NCES 2011-012
December 2010

List of Figures


Figure 1 Event dropout rates of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10–12, by family income: October 1972 through October 2008
Figure 2 Status dropout rates of 16- through 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2008
Figure 3 Status dropout rates of 16- through 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity and sex: October 2008
Figure 4 Status completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in high school or below, by race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2008
Figure 5 Status completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in high school or below, by race/ethnicity and sex: October 2008
Figure 6 Averaged freshman graduation rates of public high school students, by state: School year 2007–08