| Event dropout rate |
3.8 percent (2006) | 15–24 |
Percentage of high school students who have dropped out of grades 10–12 in the past year |
Indicator of the annual rate at which U.S. high school students are leaving school with an unsuc-cessful outcome |
Students who get an equivalency certificate do not count as dropouts. |
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Event dropout rate
(public school students) |
3.9 percent (2003–04) |
Grades 9–12 |
Percentage of public high school students who have dropped out of grades 9–12 in a given year |
State-level indicator of the annual rate atwhich public high school students are leaving school with an unsuccessful outcome |
Students who get an equivalency certificate do not count as dropouts. |
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| Status dropout rate |
9.3 percent (2006) | 16–24 |
Percentage of people who are not enrolled in high school and who do not havea high school credential |
Indicator of the proportion of young peoplewho lack a basic high school education |
Students whohave earnedan equivalency credentialdo not count as dropouts. |
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| Status completion rate |
87.8 percent (2006) | 18–24 |
Percentage of young adults who have left high school and who hold a high school credential |
Indicator of the proportion of young adults who have a basic high school education |
People who have earned an equivalency credential count as completers. |
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| Averaged freshman graduation rate (public school students) |
74.7 percent (2004–05) |
Not applicable |
Percentage of public high school students who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade |
Indicator of on-time graduation from public schools |
High school equivalency credentials are not counted as “graduation.” |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2006; Chapman, C., and Hoffman, L. (2007). Event Dropout Rates for Public School Students in Grades 9–12: 2002–03 and 2003–04 (NCES 2007-026), table 1; Sable, J., and Garofano, A. (2007). Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment, High School Completions, and Staff From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005–06 (NCES 2007-352), table 4. |
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