Crime in America. The data presented below is from “Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008” from the US Department of Education. The data provides different findings for different groups but in essence, dropout rates “…trended downward…from 1995 through 2008.” As for income, “In the last 13 years (1995–2008), the rates for low-income and middle-income families trended downward.”
High School Dropout Rates 2011
Dropout rates among the population ages 16 to 24 declined between 1972 and 2009, from 15 to eight percent. However, wide disparities by race, Hispanic origin, and foreign-born status persist.
High School Dropout Statistics JAN. '10
The student:
- Regularly misses school, continued absences leading to poor academic performance and noninvolvement in school activities.
- Does not participate in extracurricular activities.
- Receives more counseling than most students.
- Exhibits a genuine dislike for school.
- Typically has poor grades.
- Is one or two academic levels below grade level.
- Has been retained one or more times.
- Has failed three to five classes by high school.
- Struggles with discipline.
- Comes from a low socio-economic background.
- Has a family that moves a lot.
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