Table 6. Public high school number of dropouts and event dropout rate for grades 9–12, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008–09 |
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American Indian/ Alaska Native1 | Asian/Pacific Islander | Hispanic | Black | White | Two or more races | ||||||||||||
State or jurisdiction | Number of dropouts 2 | Dropout rate 2,3 | Number of dropouts 2 | Dropout rate 2,3 | Number of dropouts 2 | Dropout rate 2,3 | Number of dropouts 2 | Dropout rate 2,3 | Number of dropouts 2 | Dropout rate 2,3 | Number of dropouts 2 | Dropout rate 2,3 | |||||
Reporting states4 | 11,241 | 6.3 | 17,650 | 2.4 | 170,083 | 6.0 | 168,477 | 6.6 | 228,635 | 2.7 | ‡ | ‡ | |||||
Alabama | 24 | 1.2 | 18 | 0.7 | 89 | 1.6 | 1,318 | 1.7 | 1,838 | 1.4 | † | † | |||||
Alaska | 114 | 1.2 | 1 | # | 4 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.5 | 38 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.2 | |||||
Arizona | 2,441 | 12.9 | 463 | 5.0 | 12,413 | 10.2 | 1,905 | 10.1 | 8,951 | 6.1 | † | † | |||||
Arkansas | 46 | 4.5 | 82 | 3.8 | 442 | 4.7 | 1,789 | 5.7 | 3,275 | 3.5 | † | † | |||||
California5 | 1,078 | 6.8 | 5,787 | 2.4 | 57,420 | 6.2 | 14,710 | 9.2 | 19,340 | 3.2 | 2,853 | 5.5 | |||||
Colorado | 369 | 12.3 | 265 | 3.4 | 6,799 | 11.4 | 1,434 | 9.6 | 5,704 | 3.7 | † | † | |||||
Connecticut | 14 | 2.4 | 57 | 0.9 | 1,968 | 7.4 | 1,681 | 6.8 | 1,672 | 1.4 | † | † | |||||
Delaware | 8 | 5.4 | 28 | 2.3 | 204 | 6.6 | 867 | 6.9 | 880 | 4.1 | † | † | |||||
District of Columbia | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 5.3 | 135 | 8.3 | 1,075 | 6.9 | 25 | 4.8 | † | † | |||||
Florida | 65 | 2.9 | 175 | 0.9 | 5,463 | 3.0 | 7,878 | 4.3 | 6,655 | 1.8 | † | † | |||||
Georgia | 17 | 2.3 | 266 | 1.8 | 1,671 | 4.7 | 9,946 | 5.3 | 7,561 | 3.4 | † | † | |||||
Hawaii | 19 | 6.6 | 1,852 | 4.6 | 119 | 4.8 | 51 | 4.6 | 526 | 5.3 | † | † | |||||
Idaho | 35 | 2.7 | 29 | 2.0 | 319 | 3.1 | 13 | 1.3 | 942 | 1.4 | † | † | |||||
Illinois | 199 | 15.3 | 2,056 | 8.2 | 14,958 | 13.4 | 25,744 | 20.0 | 29,228 | 8.0 | † | † | |||||
Indiana | 26 | 3.0 | 44 | 1.0 | 386 | 2.3 | 1,028 | 2.7 | 3,809 | 1.5 | † | † | |||||
Iowa | 52 | 6.0 | 73 | 2.4 | 445 | 5.3 | 610 | 7.9 | 3,602 | 2.7 | † | † | |||||
Kansas | 66 | 3.0 | 45 | 1.3 | 484 | 3.0 | 379 | 3.1 | 1,840 | 1.8 | † | † | |||||
Kentucky | 8 | 3.0 | 45 | 2.2 | 161 | 4.0 | 1,061 | 4.8 | 4,307 | 2.6 | † | † | |||||
Louisiana | 90 | 6.6 | 93 | 3.1 | 374 | 8.5 | 7,411 | 9.4 | 4,314 | 4.7 | † | † | |||||
Maine | 44 | 8.9 | 25 | 2.8 | 28 | 4.4 | 65 | 4.5 | 2,102 | 3.5 | † | † | |||||
Maryland | 50 | 5.3 | 157 | 1.1 | 846 | 4.1 | 3,996 | 3.9 | 2,880 | 2.3 | † | † | |||||
Massachusetts | 35 | 4.3 | 253 | 1.8 | 2,900 | 7.5 | 1,450 | 5.6 | 3,792 | 1.8 | 155 | 3.4 | |||||
Michigan | 324 | 6.4 | 200 | 1.6 | 1,162 | 5.6 | 8,850 | 7.9 | 10,002 | 2.6 | † | † | |||||
Minnesota | 492 | 8.5 | 310 | 1.9 | 677 | 5.0 | 1,193 | 4.7 | 2,505 | 1.2 | † | † | |||||
Mississippi | 9 | 3.9 | 24 | 1.9 | 66 | 3.2 | 3,711 | 5.2 | 2,024 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
Missouri | 66 | 5.0 | 102 | 2.2 | 407 | 4.9 | 4,872 | 9.6 | 6,774 | 3.1 | † | † | |||||
Montana | 559 | 12.3 | 19 | 3.5 | 88 | 8.3 | 27 | 7.5 | 1,579 | 4.1 | † | † | |||||
Nebraska | 78 | 5.5 | 29 | 1.7 | 456 | 4.7 | 408 | 6.0 | 1,207 | 1.7 | † | † | |||||
Nevada5 | 114 | 5.8 | 359 | 3.4 | 2,704 | 6.6 | 1,033 | 6.9 | 2,131 | 3.7 | † | † | |||||
New Hampshire | 6 | 3.1 | 8 | 0.7 | 40 | 2.1 | 65 | 6.0 | 1,007 | 1.7 | † | † | |||||
New Jersey | 23 | 3.5 | 112 | 0.3 | 2,199 | 2.9 | 2,503 | 3.4 | 2,085 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.7 | |||||
New Mexico | 898 | 7.1 | 39 | 3.1 | 2,587 | 5.0 | 135 | 5.2 | 1,145 | 3.8 | † | † | |||||
New York | 270 | 6.7 | 1,644 | 2.5 | 12,564 | 7.1 | 13,120 | 7.6 | 9,085 | 2.0 | † | † | |||||
North Carolina | 450 | 7.7 | 213 | 2.1 | 2,365 | 7.3 | 8,264 | 6.0 | 11,135 | 4.6 | † | † | |||||
North Dakota | 233 | 8.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 26 | 5.2 | 29 | 5.5 | 466 | 1.7 | † | † | |||||
Ohio | 66 | 7.6 | 140 | 1.7 | 999 | 7.8 | 9,609 | 9.9 | 12,417 | 2.8 | † | † | |||||
Oklahoma | 872 | 2.6 | 78 | 1.9 | 546 | 3.7 | 509 | 2.7 | 2,457 | 2.3 | † | † | |||||
Oregon | 245 | 6.4 | 199 | 2.4 | 1,348 | 5.1 | 330 | 6.1 | 3,759 | 2.9 | † | † | |||||
Pennsylvania | 32 | 3.4 | 218 | 1.5 | 2,176 | 5.9 | 3,995 | 4.6 | 7,014 | 1.6 | † | † | |||||
Rhode Island | 17 | 5.4 | 54 | 3.7 | 589 | 7.2 | 277 | 6.3 | 1,149 | 3.5 | † | † | |||||
South Carolina | 43 | 6.3 | 41 | 1.4 | 312 | 3.9 | 3,040 | 3.6 | 3,605 | 3.2 | † | † | |||||
South Dakota | 238 | 6.2 | 4 | 0.8 | 31 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.8 | 403 | 1.2 | † | † | |||||
Tennessee | 16 | 2.7 | 71 | 1.7 | 408 | 3.9 | 4,697 | 6.4 | 3,894 | 2.0 | † | † | |||||
Texas | 103 | 2.2 | 473 | 1.0 | 24,059 | 4.2 | 9,566 | 5.0 | 7,192 | 1.5 | † | † | |||||
Utah | 191 | 7.4 | 151 | 2.8 | 1,335 | 6.7 | 114 | 5.3 | 3,244 | 2.6 | † | † | |||||
Vermont | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Virginia | 38 | 3.2 | 235 | 1.1 | 1,468 | 5.0 | 3,896 | 3.9 | 3,686 | 1.7 | † | † | |||||
Washington | 795 | 9.4 | 884 | 3.1 | 2,857 | 6.7 | 1,338 | 7.2 | 9,180 | 4.0 | † | † | |||||
West Virginia | 8 | 8.4 | 7 | 1.2 | 34 | 4.8 | 188 | 4.4 | 3,207 | 4.1 | † | † | |||||
Wisconsin | 216 | 4.9 | 206 | 2.0 | 885 | 5.2 | 2,272 | 8.0 | 2,833 | 1.3 | † | † | |||||
Wyoming | 39 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 67 | 2.7 | 10 | 2.7 | 169 | 0.7 | † | † | |||||
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions | |||||||||||||||||
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
DDESS: DoDs Domestic6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
American Samoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Guam | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Commonwealth of the | |||||||||||||||||
Northern Marianas Islands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Puerto Rico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 9.2 | 326 | 7.2 | 3 | 8.3 | † | † | |||||
— Not available. State or jurisdiction did not report dropout counts or reported counts that did not conform to the National Center for EducationStatistics (NCES) definition. | |||||||||||||||||
† Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||
# Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data not available for more than 20 percent of states. | |||||||||||||||||
1 The rate for American Indians/Alaska Natives excludes students served in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education. | |||||||||||||||||
2 Ungraded dropouts are prorated by NCES into grades 9–12 based on the graded dropout counts to calculate numerators for dropout rates. | |||||||||||||||||
3 Ungraded student enrollments are prorated by NCES into grades 9–12 based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates. | |||||||||||||||||
4 Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported all data elements. | |||||||||||||||||
5 Due to item non-response, data for California and Nevada were imputed based on prior year reported data. | |||||||||||||||||
6 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Overseas Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively. | |||||||||||||||||
NOTE: The event dropout rate is defined as the count of dropouts from a given school year divided by the count of student enrollments within the same grade span at the beginning of the same school year. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. | |||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2008–09, Version 1a. |