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

NCES 2011-012 December 2010

Table C-12. Standard errors for 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

	Male	Female
Total	0.39	0.37
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	0.39	0.35
Black, non-Hispanic	1.15	1.25
Hispanic	1.48	1.42
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	1.47	1.30
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	7.04	4.51
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	2.18	2.69
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2008.