Document Number: 5608Dropout Rates in the United States: 2001 -
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau are used to compute national
high school dropout and completion rates, disaggregated by
background characteristics such as sex, race/ethnicity, family
income, age, region of the country and state. Statistics are
reported using three types of dropout calculation methods –
event, status and cohort – and an explanation is provided on how
each of these three methods can result in varying reported
rates. The authors note that in 2000–01, the four-year
completion rates ranged from a high of 90.1% in North Dakota to
a low of 65.0% in Louisiana. This report can also be browsed by
section. (Phillip Kaufman, Martha Naomi Alt and Christopher D.
Chapman, National Center for Education Statistics, November
2004)... Related IssuesHigh School