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Line Chart: Status School Dropout Rates* for Ages
16-24, by Race/Ethnicity: 1990-2004
(Percent)
Total
1990: 12.1; 1991: 12.5; 1992: 11; 1993: 11; 1994: 11.5;
1995: 12; 1996: 11.1; 1997: 11; 1998: 11.8; 1999: 11.2;
2000: 10.9; 2001: 10.7; 2002: 10.5; 2004: 10.3
Non-Hispanic White
1990: 9; 1991: 8.9; 1992: 7.7; 1993: 7.9; 1994: 7.7; 1995:
8.6; 1996: 7.3; 1997: 7.6; 1998: 7.7; 1999: 7.3; 2000: 6.9;
2001: 7.3; 2002: 6.5; 2004: 6.8
Non-Hispanic Black
1990: 13.2; 1991: 13.6; 1992: 13.7; 1993: 13.6; 1994: 12.6;
1995: 12.1; 1996: 13; 1997: 13.4; 1998: 13.8; 1999: 12.6;
2000: 13.1; 2001: 10.9; 2002: 11.3; 2004: 11.8
Hispanic
1990 32.4; 1991 35.3; 1992 29.4; 1993 27.5; 1994 30; 1995
30; 1996 29.4; 1997 25.3; 1998 29.5; 1999 28.6; 2000 27.8;
2001 27; 2002 25.7; 2004: 23.8
*Status dropouts refers to 16- to 24-year-olds who are
not enrolled in school and have not earned high school credentials
(diploma or equivalent.)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics. The condition of education 2006
(NCES 2006-071). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office; 2006.
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