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50% of students drop out of high school! I don't think this is anywhere close to true on a national basis in the US. Do you have a source for that? The Dept.
by ryanwaggoner 15y ago
50% of students drop out of high school!
I don't think this is anywhere close to true on a national basis in the US. Do you have a source for that?
The Dept. of Ed seems to indicate that it declined from 14% in 1980 down to 8% in 2009:
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16
- firefoxman1 15y agoYeah, do you think he meant college? I don't know what the rate is for college, but high school certainly isn't 50%.
- startupfounder 15y agoRyan, You are correct. The graduation numbers are 74.7% nationally, but in DC it is as low as 56%! (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/high-school-graduation-rates-states-lag-behind-152514652.html http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/high-school-graduation-r...)