The percentage of high school dropouts, ages 16-24, has decreased since 1970. The percentage of white students who have dropped out of high school has declined from 13.2% to 5.8%; the percentage of black students has decreased from 27.9% to 10.7%. Hispanic dropouts have declined from 35.2% in 1980 to 22.1% in 2006.
|
Year
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
|
|
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 |
|
2006
|
5.8 |
10.7 |
22.1 |
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, © 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. All rights reserved.
