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ppendix 1 - Dropout Rates1 for 16- to 24-Year-Olds, by
Gender and Race/ispanic Ori!in" #elected Years, 1$%&-
2&1'
19
70
19
72
19
75
19
80
19
85
19
90
19
95
20
00
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
20
09
20
10
20
11
20
12
20
13
Total 15.0
14.6
13.9
14.1
12.6
12.1
12.0
10.9
10.5
9.9
10.3
9.4
9.3
8.7
8.0
8.1
7.4
7.1
6.6
6.8
Sex
Male14.2
14.1
13.3
15.1
13.4
12.3
12.2
12.0
11.8
11.3
11.6
10.8
10.3
9.8
8.5
9.1
8.5
7.7
7.3
7.2
Female15
.7
15
.1
14
.5
13
.1
11
.8
11
.8
11
.7
9.
9
9.
2
8.
4
9.
0
8.
0
8.
3
7.
6
7.
5
7.
0
6.
3
6.
5
5.
9
6.
3
Race/Hispanic
Oi!in2
"#ite$ non%
Hispanic
-12
.3
11
.4
11
.4
10
.4
9.
0
8.
6
6.
9
6.
5
6.
3
6.
8
6.
0
5.
8
5.
3
4.
8
5.
2
5.
1
5.
0
4.
3
5.
1&lac' - - - - - - - -
11.3
10.9
11.8
10.4
10.7
8.7
10.2
9.6
8.3
7.6
8.6
7.9
&lac'$ non%
Hispanic-
21
.3
22
.9
19
.1
15
.2
13
.2
12
.1
13
.1- - - - - - - - - - - -
Hispanic3 -34
.3
29
.2
35
.2
27
.6
32
.4
30
.0
27
.8
25
.7
23
.5
23
.8
22
.4
22
.1
21
.4
18
.3
17
.6
15
.1
13
.6
12
.7
11.
7
(sian - - - - - - - - -4.
3
3.
5
2.
8
4.
2
6.
9
3.
9
2.
1
4.
6
4.
5
3.
0
3.
4
)ati*it+
Foei!n%,on
28
.9
27
.6
25
.8
25
.9
24
.4
25
.4
26
.5
21
.6
20
.7
18
.2
17
.9
15
.5
14
.6
)ati*e%,on8.7
8.1
7.8
8.4
7.5
7.4
6.5
6.5
6.7
6.3
6.0
5.7
5.9
1 This indicator uses the status dropout rate, which measures
the percentage o !oung
adu"ts aged 16 to 24 who were not enro""ed in schoo" and had not
recei#ed a high schoo"dip"oma or o$tained an e%ui#a"enc!
certiicate. &ersons who are incarcerated or in the
mi"itar! are not inc"uded in this estimate.2'ue to re"ati#e"!
sma"" samp"e si(es, )merican
*ndians+)"asan ati#es are inc"uded in the tota" $ut not shown
separate"!. 'ue tochanges in the race categories, estimates rom
2003 and "ater are not strict"! compara$"e
to estimates rom 2002 and $eore.
3ispanics ma! $e o an! race.
ote/ 'ata rom the !ears 1987 through 2001 re"ect new
editing procedures instituted $! the ureau o the ensus or cases
with missing data on schoo"
enro""ment items. 'ata rom the !ears 1992 through 2012 re"ect
new wording o the educationa" atta inment item in the &. 'ata
or !ears 1994 through
2000 re"ect changes in the & due to new"! instituted
computer-assisted inter#iewing and the change in the popu"ation
contro"s used in the 1990
ensus-$ased estimates.
ources/ hi"d Trends ca"cu"ations o .. ensus ureau, choo"
nro""ment-ocia" and conomic haracteristics o tudents/ 'etai"ed
Ta$"es.
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http/++www.census.go#+hhes+schoo"+data+cps+inde.htm"
ppendix 2 - Dropout Rates,1 and (u)ber and *ercenta!e
Distribution of Dropouts !es 16 to 24, by #elected
+aracteristics" October 2&1'
-opo.t ate
pecent
).m,e o
-opo.ts t#o.san
s
ecent o all
opo.ts
ecent o
pop.lation
Total 6.8 2,623 100.0 100.0
ene
Male 7.2 1,406 53.6 50.4
Female 6.3 1,217 46.4 49.6
(!e
16%17 4.9 407 15.5 21.318%19 6.2 529 20.2 21.8
20%21 7.3 628 23.9 22.1
22%24 7.8 1,059 40.4 34.8
Race/Hispanic Oi!in2
"#ite$ non%
Hispanic5.1 1,100 41.9 55.9
&lac' 7.9 470 17.9 15.4
Hispanic 11.7 969 36.9 21.3
(sian 3.4 68 2.6 5.2
mmi!ation stat.sFoei!n%&on 14.6 543 20.7 9.6
#ilen o
Foei!n%&on
aents
9.2 904 34.5 25.4
#ilen o )ati*e%
&on aents5.9 1,719 65.5 74.6
ote/ &ercentages ma! not add up to 100.0 due to
rounding. 'etai"s ma! not add to tota"s
due to rounding.1This indicator uses the status dropout rate,
which measures the percentage o !oung adu"ts aged 16 to 24 who
were not enro""ed in a high schoo" program
and had not recei#ed a high schoo" dip"oma or o$tained an
e%ui#a"enc! certiicate.
2'ue to re"ati#e"! sma"" samp"e si(es, )merican *ndians+)"asan
ati#es are inc"uded in the tota" $ut not shown separate"!. ispanics
ma! $e o an! race.
ource/ hi"d Trends ca"cu"ations o .. ensus ureau, choo"
nro""ment--ocia" and conomic haracteristics o tudents/ cto$er 2013/
'etai"ed
Ta$"es/ Ta$"e 1.
http/++www.census.go#+hhes+schoo"+data+cps+inde.htm"
- ee more at/
http/++www.chi"dtrends.org+indicatorshigh-schoo"-dropout-
rates:sthash.;*
