Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event rate Status rate 15- to 24- 16- to 24- year-olds year-olds dropouts dropouts in Completers Year grades 10 to 12 age group age 18 to 24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 6.1 14.6 82.8 1973 6.3 14.1 83.7 1974 6.7 14.3 83.6 1975 5.8 13.9 83.8 1976 5.9 14.1 83.5 1977 6.5 14.1 83.6 1978 6.7 14.2 83.6 1979 6.7 14.6 83.1 1980 6.1 14.1 83.9 1981 5.9 13.9 83.8 1982 5.5 13.9 83.8 1983 5.2 13.7 83.9 1984 5.1 13.1 84.7 1985 5.2 12.6 85.4 1986 4.7 12.2 85.5 1987/1 4.1 12.7 84.7 1988/1 4.8 12.9 84.5 1989/1 4.5 12.6 84.7 1990/1 4.0 12.1 85.6 1991/1 4.0 12.5 84.9 1992/1,2 4.4 11.0 86.4 1993/1,2 4.5 11.0 86.2 1994/1,2,3 5.3 11.5 85.8 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/Numbers for these years reflect new editing procedures instituted by the Bureau of the Census for cases with missing data on school enrollment items.
2/Numbers for these years reflect new wording of the educational attainment item in the CPS.
3/Numbers in this year may reflect changes in CPS due to newly instituted computer assisted interviewing and/or due to the change in the population controls used this year to the 1990 Census-based estimates, with adjustment.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October (Various
Years).