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High School Dropout Rates by Sex and
Race/Ethnicity, 1960–2005
|
Year
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
1960
|
27.2% |
27.8% |
26.7% |
|
1970
|
15.0 |
14.2 |
15.7 |
|
1980
|
14.1 |
15.1 |
13.1 |
|
1985
|
12.6 |
13.4 |
11.8 |
|
1990
|
12.1 |
12.3 |
11.8 |
|
1992
|
11.0 |
11.3 |
10.7 |
|
1993
|
11.0 |
11.2 |
10.9 |
|
1994
|
11.4 |
12.3 |
10.6 |
|
1995
|
12.0 |
12.2 |
11.7 |
|
1996
|
11.1 |
11.4 |
10.9 |
|
1997
|
11.0 |
11.9 |
10.1 |
|
1998
|
11.8 |
13.3 |
10.3 |
|
1999
|
11.2 |
11.9 |
10.5 |
|
2000
|
10.9 |
12.0 |
9.9 |
|
2001
|
10.7 |
12.2 |
9.3 |
|
2002
|
10.5 |
11.8 |
9.2 |
|
2003
|
9.9 |
11.3 |
8.4 |
|
2004
|
10.3 |
11.6 |
9.0 |
|
2005
|
9.4 |
10.8 |
8.0 |
High School Dropout Rates by
Race/Ethnicity, 1960–2005
|
Year
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
|
|
1960
|
— |
— |
— |
|
1970
|
13.2% |
27.9% |
— |
|
1980
|
11.4 |
19.1 |
35.2% |
|
1985
|
10.4 |
15.2 |
27.6 |
|
1990
|
9.0 |
13.2 |
32.4 |
|
1992
|
7.7 |
13.7 |
29.4 |
|
1993
|
7.9 |
13.6 |
27.5 |
|
1994
|
7.7 |
12.6 |
30.0 |
|
1995
|
8.6 |
12.1 |
30.0 |
|
1996
|
7.3 |
13.0 |
29.4 |
|
1997
|
7.6 |
13.4 |
25.3 |
|
1998
|
7.7 |
13.8 |
29.5 |
|
1999
|
7.3 |
12.6 |
28.6 |
|
2000
|
6.9 |
13.1 |
27.8 |
|
2001
|
7.3 |
10.9 |
27.0 |
|
2002
|
6.5 |
11.3 |
25.7 |
|
2003
|
6.3 |
10.9 |
23.5 |
|
2004
|
6.8 |
11.8 |
23.8 |
|
2005
|
6.0 |
10.4 |
22.4 |
NOTE: (—) = not available. Data apply to persons ages
16–24. Because of changes in data collection procedures, data for 1992
onward may not be comparable with figures for earlier years. “White” and
“Black” do not include those who identify as Hispanic, or as
belonging to more than one race.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2007.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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