Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asian/ Black, White, Pacific non- non- Native Total Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic American --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall Total 17.4 9.3 25.2 10.7 17.6 30.1 High school graduates 12.8 7.4 16.9 8.9 12.9 35.0 Other 37.5 29.7 47.7 14.5 43.6 22.2 Low socioeconomic status Total 27.5 9.1 28.5 12.7 34.0 32.1 High school graduates 22.0 8.7 19.3 12.1 27.2 48.1 Other 37.7 - 47.2 13.7 45.7 12.5 Middle socioeconomic status Total 17.4 12.2 21.3 9.1 18.5 25.8 High school graduates 13.4 8.3 16.0 8.0 14.1 20.7 Other 38.1 - 41.0 11.6 44.4 - High socioeconomic status Total 7.5 4.8 13.4 11.3 6.9 - High school graduates 5.9 4.5 11.5 4.4 5.7 - Other 29.6 - - - 29.8 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Insufficient sample size to compute reliable estimate.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal
Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.