Dropout rate
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The term "dropout rate" refers to the event dropout rate, which is defined by the U.S. Department of Education as follows:
| “ | [The] proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts.[1] | ” |
| —U.S. Department of Education[2] |
The event dropout rate is different from the status dropout rate, which measures the percentage of a population that did not complete high school.[2]
HIGHLIGHTS
See the table below for a full list of the dropout rates for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. [2]
Full table
Note: Click on a column heading to sort the data.
| State event dropout rates | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | 2010-2011 | 2011-2012 |
| Alabama | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Alaska | 6.9 | 7 |
| Arizona | 5 | 5.9 |
| Arkansas | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| California | 4.2 | 4 |
| Colorado | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Connecticut | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Delaware | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| District of Columbia | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Florida | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Georgia | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Hawaii | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Idaho | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Illinois | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Indiana | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Iowa | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Kansas | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Kentucky | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Louisiana | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| Maine | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Maryland | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Massachusetts | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Michigan | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| Minnesota | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Mississippi | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Missouri | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Montana | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Nebraska | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Nevada | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| New Hampshire | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| New Jersey | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| New Mexico | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| New York | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| North Carolina | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| North Dakota | 3.3 | 3 |
| Ohio | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Oklahoma | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Oregon | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| Rhode Island | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| South Carolina | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| South Dakota | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Tennessee | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Texas | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Utah | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Vermont | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Virginia | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| Washington | 4 | 3.8 |
| West Virginia | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 1.9 |
| Wyoming | 5.4 | 4.3 |
| United States | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, "Public High School Four-Year On-Time Graduation Rates and Event Dropout Rates: School Years 2010–11 and 2011–12," accessed May 12, 2014
