Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Report Provides High School Dropout Data
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics has released the report "Numbers and Rates of Public High School Dropouts: School Year 2004–05."
The report draws on diverse sources to provide data on the numbers and rates of public school students who dropped out of high school in school years 2002–03, 2003–04, and 2004–05, and includes dropout rates by state, region, school district size, and several student characteristics.
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To access the report, visit http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/hsdropouts/.