Table 8.Public high school number of graduates, number of high school dropouts for grades 9–12, and high school event dropout rate for grades 9–12, by gender and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009

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January 2013

Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009–10

Table 8.	Public high school number of graduates, number of high school dropouts for grades 9–12, and high school event dropout rate for grades 9–12, by gender and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10

State or jurisdiction	Number of graduates¹		High school dropouts²
	Male	Female	Male		Female
	Male	Female	Number of dropouts	Event dropout rate³	Number of dropouts	Event dropout rate³
Reporting states⁴	1,514,185	1,556,052	280,648	3.8	206,424	2.9
Alabama	20,844	22,271	2,185	2.0	1,606	1.5
Alaska	4,010	4,235	1,554	7.4	1,262	6.3
Arizona	29,608	31,109	13,429	8.3	11,061	7.2
Arkansas	13,819	14,457	2,924	4.2	1,964	2.9
California	198,339	206,479	54,797	5.4	38,067	3.9
Colorado	24,217	25,104	7,221	5.9	5,646	4.8
Connecticut	—	—	3,380	3.8	1,802	2.1
Delaware	3,885	4,248	871	4.5	647	3.4
District of Columbia	1,647	1,955	632	7.5 ⁵	600	6.4 ⁵
Florida	74,094	78,468	10,404	2.7	7,325	1.9
Georgia	43,664	47,897	10,741	4.5	7,025	3.0
Hawaii	5,626	5,372	1,553	5.7	1,183	4.7
Idaho	9,067	8,726	620	1.5	512	1.3
Illinois	67,888	68,949	10,484	3.3	7,569	2.5
Indiana	30,930	32,063	2,895	1.9	1,893	1.3
Iowa	17,080	17,382	2,784	3.7	2,065	2.9
Kansas	15,918	15,724	1,790	2.5	1,177	1.7
Kentucky	21,253	21,295	‡	‡	‡	‡
Louisiana	17,010	19,563	4,989	5.6	3,676	4.1
Maine	6,577	6,258	‡	‡	‡	‡
Maryland	29,049	30,029	4,385	3.2	2,695	2.1
Massachusetts	31,956	32,506	4,790	3.2	3,290	2.3
Michigan	54,116	55,770	12,303	4.5	9,736	3.8
Minnesota	29,846	29,821	2,573	1.8	1,740	1.3
Mississippi	11,735	13,586	‡	‡	‡	‡
Missouri	31,915	32,079	5,535	3.9	4,010	2.9
Montana	5,041	5,034	1,094	4.8	807	3.8
Nebraska	9,672	9,698	1,141	2.5	738	1.7
Nevada	9,976	10,699	2,995	4.7	2,305	3.8
New Hampshire	7,436	7,598	472	1.4	286	0.9
New Jersey	48,796	47,429	4,007	1.8	3,036	1.5
New Mexico	8,934	9,661	3,870	7.7	2,919	6.1
New York	90,295	93,122	18,150	4.1	13,599	3.0
North Carolina	42,118	44,569	11,575	5.3	8,031	3.8
North Dakota	3,642	3,513	389	2.5	289	2.0
Ohio	60,156	60,292	11,286	4.2	9,648	3.8
Oklahoma	19,255	19,248	2,375	2.6	1,908	2.2
Oregon	16,568	17,206	3,187	3.7	2,330	2.9
Pennsylvania	65,393	65,200	6,919	2.4	5,119	1.8
Rhode Island	4,883	5,025	1,303	5.5	863	3.8
South Carolina	18,424	21,230	3,727	3.5	2,513	2.4
South Dakota	4,081	4,076	540	2.8	459	2.5
Tennessee	30,780	31,628	4,527	3.1	3,052	2.2
Texas	140,858	139,529	19,254	2.8	16,267	2.5
Utah	15,505	15,870	2,345	2.9	1,740	2.3
Vermont	3,306	3,232	397	2.9	284	2.2
Virginia	39,341	40,899	4,563	2.4	3,235	1.8
Washington	31,353	32,194	7,415	4.5	5,836	3.7
West Virginia	8,861	8,790	1,870	4.4	1,424	3.6
Wisconsin	32,540	32,147	3,517	2.4	2,523	1.9
Wyoming	2,878	2,817	891	6.6	662	5.2

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	11,315	14,199	‡	‡	‡	‡
U.S. Virgin Islands	408	550	175	7.3	105	3.9

— Not available. State or jurisdiction did not report graduate counts or dropout counts by gender.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Graduate counts were calculated using district-level data. Totals may differ from graduate counts on other tables due to different reporting levels. Graduation rates were not calculated due to missing data at the school district level.
² Ungraded dropouts are prorated by NCES into grades based on the graded dropout counts to calculate numerators for dropout rates. Ungraded student enrollments are prorated by NCES into grades based on graded enrollments to calculate denominators for dropout rates.
³ 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.
⁴ Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported all data elements.
⁵ Data were imputed based on prior year rates.
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.
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 2009–10, Version 1a; and "NCES Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File," School Year 2009–10, Version 1a.

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