Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 219.50.Number and percentage of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out of public schools (event dropout rate), by race/ethnicity, grade, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2022-23
State or jurisdictionPercent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out (event dropout rate), by race/ethnicity1Number and percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out
(event dropout rate), by grade
Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 12
Total2American
Indian/
Alaska
Native		AsianBlackHispanicPacific
Islander		WhiteTwo or
more
races		Number of dropouts Event dropout rateNumber of dropouts Event dropout rateNumber of dropouts Event dropout rateNumber of dropouts Event dropout rate
1234567891011121314151617
   United States2.86.031.134.033.635.032.033.1393,278 2.3 99,566 2.5 97,829 2.6 146,161 4.0
Alabama1.71.5   0.5   2.3   2.6   4.6   1.2   1.8          850 1.4      881 1.5      909 1.7    1,126 2.2
Alaska4.67.8   2.8   6.5   4.4   6.6   3.0   5.1          293 2.9      330 3.4      480 5.1      695 7.3
Arizona 4.27.0   2.1   5.9   4.8   4.5   3.1   3.3        2,288 2.5    2,293 2.5    3,008 3.4    7,954 8.4
Arkansas2.94.6   0.8   4.6   3.5   5.3   2.1   3.7          847 2.1    1,072 2.7    1,251 3.6    1,099 3.3
California3.14.831.335.633.434.532.733.13    16,210 3.4   13,911 2.9    8,708 1.8   21,538 4.4

Colorado
3.3
7.2
   
1.0
   
4.9
   
5.3
   
6.9
   
1.9
   
3.0
   
       921 
1.3
   1,204 
1.7
   1,974 
2.9
   5,215 
7.3
Connecticut1.51.6   0.4   2.2   2.8   1.3   0.7   1.2          467 1.1      674 1.6      634 1.6      744 1.8
Delaware3.98.8   2.0   4.4   5.4   9.33.0   3.7          600 4.7      519 4.4      351 3.4      286 2.9
District of Columbia12.210.010.0   13.0   10.4   ‡   11.4   10.0          590 7.9    1,056 19.0      468 10.9      475 12.4
Florida1.62.5   0.5   2.2   1.7   1.4   1.1   1.4        2,787 1.2    2,949 1.3    3,086 1.4    5,120 2.5

Georgia
3.2
4.6
   
1.0
   
3.6
   
4.3
   
2.6
   
2.5
   
3.5
   
     5,467 
3.5
   5,361 
3.7
   3,963 
3.2
   2,803 
2.4
Hawaii3.36.11.7   4.0   3.5   5.7   3.1   2.2          528 3.5      513 3.7      361 3.0      336 3.1
Idaho5.89.5   5.9   6.9   7.1   5.1   5.3   7.3        1,049 4.0    1,281 5.0    1,524 6.3    1,871 7.9
Illinois4.46.6   1.8   8.2   5.0   4.6   3.0   5.5        5,693 3.7    6,928 4.5    7,143 5.0    6,712 4.6
Indiana3.66.0   2.7   7.1   4.6   5.4   2.6   4.8          795 1.0    1,252 1.5    2,479 3.1    7,136 9.0

Iowa
3.0
7.8
   
2.0
   
6.0
   
5.8
   
10.3
   
2.1
   
4.8
   
       404 
1.0
     788 
2.0
   1,413 
3.7
   2,113 
5.6
Kansas2.32.6   1.1   3.9   3.3   3.9   1.7   2.8          350 0.9      599 1.6      936 2.6    1,449 4.2
Kentucky1.82.9   0.8   3.1   3.7   2.0   1.4   1.7          561 1.0      856 1.6      904 1.9    1,249 2.8
Louisiana2.82.4   1.2   3.3   5.4   2.7   2.0   2.8        1,705 2.8    1,634 2.9    1,405 3.0    1,311 2.8
Maine2.811.7   3.1   3.6   3.7   02.6   3.2           59 0.4      167 1.2      439 3.2      894 6.5

Maryland
3.9
2.6
   
0.9
   
4.4
   
8.1
   
2.5
   
1.5
   
2.7
   
     4,129 
5.0
   2,844 
3.9
   1,640 
2.7
   2,120 
3.5
Massachusetts2.04.4   0.6   2.7   4.4   3.8   1.1   1.9        1,427 1.9    1,541 2.1    1,376 1.9    1,616 2.3
Michigan4.76.9   1.6   9.3   6.0   5.7   3.4   6.0        3,371 2.9    5,819 5.0    5,667 5.2    6,482 5.9
Minnesota3.512.0   2.7   6.1   7.0   5.7   2.3   4.3          864 1.2    1,189 1.7    1,990 2.9    5,901 8.1
Mississippi1.92.0   0.9   2.2   2.7   1.61.4   2.2          664 1.8      760 2.2      615 2.0      362 1.3

Missouri
1.8
2.1
   
0.6
   
3.8
   
3.0
   
2.3
   
1.2
   
1.9
   
       690 
1.0
     838 
1.2
   1,292 
1.9
   2,003 
3.1
Montana3.78.6   1.3   9.0   4.8   2.03.0   4.7          174 1.4      418 3.5      578 5.2      527 5.2
Nebraska2.04.7   1.4   3.6   4.0   1.9   1.1   3.1           73 0.3      185 0.8      273 1.1    1,490 5.8
Nevada3.45.9   1.5   5.6   3.3   3.5   2.9   3.3          815 2.1    1,170 2.9    1,602 4.3    1,540 4.4
New Hampshire1.52.1   0.6   2.8   4.5   01.3   1.6           94 0.7      130 0.9      189 1.4      403 3.1

New Jersey
1.2
1.2
   
0.2
   
1.9
   
2.2
   
0.7
   
0.5
   
0.8
   
       950 
0.9
   1,346 
1.3
   1,406 
1.4
   1,498 
1.5
New Mexico6.48.2   2.9   7.8   6.7   7.0   5.0   5.1        1,791 5.9    1,604 5.9    1,385 6.1    1,767 8.2
New York2.22.9   1.0   2.9   3.3   1.8   1.4   1.6        2,352 1.1    3,723 1.8    4,099 2.2    6,749 3.6
North Carolina2.02.6   0.4   2.3   3.1   2.8   1.5   2.4        3,449 2.5    3,143 2.5    2,125 1.9    1,117 1.1
North Dakota2.66.5   1.3   4.1   4.6   3.41.8   4.4          106 1.1      188 2.1      257 3.1      325 4.1

Ohio
3.1
5.3
   
0.9
   
6.2
   
5.3
   
4.3
   
2.1
   
4.2
   
     3,021 
2.2
   2,955 
2.2
   4,715 
3.6
   5,729 
4.4
Oklahoma5.14.6   2.1   7.3   6.2   7.4   4.3   5.7        2,519 4.5    2,589 4.8    2,472 5.0    2,823 6.2
Oregon3.35.2   0.9   5.0   4.3   4.9   2.9   3.3          636 1.4    1,136 2.4    1,500 3.4    2,787 6.2
Pennsylvania2.33.9   0.8   4.1   4.9   3.4   1.4   2.7        2,419 1.6    2,671 1.9    3,043 2.3    4,563 3.4
Rhode Island2.98.2   1.3   3.3   4.2   7.32.0   3.4          222 1.9      267 2.3      292 2.8      490 4.5

South Carolina
2.3
2.5
   
0.5
   
2.6
   
3.7
   
3.4
   
1.8
   
3.1
   
     1,720 
2.4
   1,580 
2.5
   1,257 
2.3
   1,033 
2.0
South Dakota3.714.7   1.6   4.3   6.5   8.31.9   4.6          440 3.6      372 3.3      294 3.1      442 4.8
Tennessee1.61.1   0.4   3.2   3.4   2.8   0.7   1.5        1,028 1.3    1,030 1.3    1,251 1.7    1,553 2.2
Texas2.12.3   0.5   3.3   2.5   1.9   1.0   1.8       12,142 2.5    9,920 2.3    7,518 1.9    5,516 1.5
Utah4.37.6   5.9   7.8   7.0   8.1   3.3   4.4        1,086 2.0    1,600 2.9    2,459 4.6    4,086 8.0

Vermont
2.6
2.7

1.3
   
3.4
   
3.9
   
5.0

2.5
   
3.4
   
        62 
1.0
     150 
2.4
     203 
3.5
     217 
3.8
Virginia1.91.8   0.4   2.6   4.3   0.6   1.0   1.4        1,870 1.7    2,068 2.0    1,735 1.9    2,090 2.2
Washington4.68.9   1.9   6.1   6.1   8.6   3.9   4.1        2,135 2.4    2,886 3.3    3,753 4.4    7,267 8.2
West Virginia1.200.5   1.6   1.3   2.61.2   1.3           85 0.4      201 1.0      260 1.5      379 2.2
Wisconsin1.83.9   0.9   6.2   3.1   1.5   0.9   2.3          301 0.5      691 1.0      798 1.3    2,842 4.3
Wyoming3.913.1   2.6   4.6   4.4   10.53.4   5.5          179 2.3      284 3.7      349 5.0      318 4.8

Bureau of Indian
   Education
1.0
1.0
   
†

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         8 
0.3
      34 
1.4
      13 
0.6
      45 
2.0

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  American Samoa------------------------------------------------
  Guam------------------------------------------------
  Northern Marianas------------------------------------------------
  Puerto Rico6.52.4‡   ‡   6.5   ‡   7.6   ‡        1,309 6.1    1,226 5.8    1,155 5.8    1,135 5.8
  U.S. Virgin Islands2.8‡   ‡   2.4   4.6   ‡   2.9‡           26 2.5       26 3.1       24 3.2       15 2.2
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate).
1Enrollment and dropout data for ungraded students were prorated into total and race/ethnicity subgroups.
2Total averaged event dropout rate is based on reported totals of enrollment and dropouts by grade rather than on details reported by race/ethnicity.
3Estimates by race/ethnicity include imputations for suppressed enrollment.
4DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: Event dropout rates measure the percentage of public school students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped out of school between one October and the next. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Dropout and Completion Restricted Use Data File," 2022-23; and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2022-23. (This table was prepared November 2024.)

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