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Contents
SELECTED FINDINGS 4
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 6
INTRODUCTION 10
INDICATORS 16
Indicator 1: EVENT DROPOUT RATE 17
Indicator 2: STATUS DROPOUT RATE 21
Indicator 3: ACS STATUS DROPOUT RATE 27
Indicator 4: STATUS COMPLETION RATE 38
Indicator 5: ADJUSTED COHORT GRADUATION RATE 43
Indicator 6: AVERAGED FRESHMAN GRADUATION RATE 50
Indicator 7: INDIVIDUALS WHO PASSED THE GED TEST 52
REFERENCES 54
Appendix A. TECHNICAL NOTES 71
Appendix B. GLOSSARY 79
Table A. Summary table of high school dropout, completion, and graduation rates 13
Table 1.1. Population of 15-to 24-year-olds enrolled in grades 10 through 12, number who dropped out (event dropouts), percentage who dropped out (event dropout rate), and percentage distribution, by selected characteristics: 2014 57
Table 1.2. Among 15-to 24-year-olds enrolled in grades 10 through 12, percentage who dropped out (event dropout rate), by sex and race/ethnicity: 1972 through 2014 58
Table 2.1. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate) and number and percentage distribution of 16-to 24-year-olds, by selected characteristics: Selected years, 2004 to 2014 59
Table 2.2. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate), by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1960 through 2014 60
Table 2.3. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate), by income level, and percentage distribution of status dropouts, by labor force status and years of school completed: 1970 through 2014 61
Table 3.1. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate) and number of status dropouts, by noninstitutionalized or institutionalized status, birth in or outside of the United States, and selected characteristics: Selected years, 2006 through 2014 62
Table 3.2. Percentage of high school dropouts among noninstitutionalized and institutionalized persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate), by race/ethnicity and state: 2014 64
Table 4.1. High school completion rate of 18-to 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school (status completion rate) and number and percentage distribution of 18-to 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school, by selected characteristics: Selected years, 2004 through 2014 65
Table 4.2. High school completion rate of 18-to 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school (status completion rate), by sex and race/ethnicity: 1972 through 2014 66
Table 5.1. Public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), by selected student characteristics and state: 2010-11 through 2013-14 67
Table 6.1. High school graduates, by sex and control of school: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2025-26 68
Table 6.2. Public high school averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR), by sex, race/ethnicity, and state or jurisdiction: 2012-13 69
Table 7.1. Number of people taking the general educational development (GED) test and percentage distribution of those who passed, by age group: 1971 through 2013 70
Figure 1.1. Percentage of grade 10-12 dropouts among persons 15 through 24 years old (event dropout rate), by selected characteristics: October 2014 18
Figure 1.2. Percentage of grade 10-12 dropouts among persons 15 through 24 years old (event dropout rate): October 1972 through 2014 19
Figure 2.1. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by selected characteristics: October 2014 22
Figure 2.2. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate): October 1970 through 2014 23
Figure 2.3. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by recency of immigration and ethnicity: October 2014 25
Figure 2.4. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by labor force status: October 1970 through 2014 26
Figure 3.1. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by selected characteristics: 2014 28
Figure 3.2. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by selected Hispanic subgroups: 2014 30
Figure 3.3. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by selected Asian subgroups: 2014 31
Figure 3.4. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by race/ethnicity and sex: 2014 33
Figure 3.5. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by race/ethnicity and nativity: 2014 34
Figure 3.6. Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 through 24 years old (status dropout rate), by state: 2014 35
Figure 3.7. Status dropout rate gaps between White and Black 16-to 24-year-olds and between White and Hispanic 16-to 24-year-olds, by state: 2014 37
Figure 4.1. Status completion rates of 18-to 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity, sex, and disability status: October 2014 39
Figure 4.2. Status completion rates of 18-to 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: October 1972 through 2014 40
Figure 4.3. Status completion rates of 18-to 24-year-olds, by recency of immigration and ethnicity: October 2014 41
Figure 5.1. Adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) of public high school students, by state: 2013-14 44
Figure 5.2. Adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) of public high school students, by race/ethnicity: 2013-14 45
Figure 5.3. Adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) of Black and White public high school students, by state: 2013-14 46
Figure 5.4. Adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) of Hispanic and White public high school students, by state: 2013-14 48
Figure 6.1. Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) for public secondary schools in the United States: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2012-13 51
Figure 7.1. Percentage distribution of people passing the GED test, by age group: 1990 through 2013 53