National Dropout Rate Reaches Record Low

PewResearchCenter

Oct. 2, 2014

U.S. high school dropout rate reaches record low, driven by improvements among Hispanics, blacks

More U.S. high school students are staying in school, according to newly released data from the Census Bureau, as the national dropout rate reached a record low last year. Just 7% of the nation’s 18-to-24 year olds had dropped out of high school, continuing a steady decline in the nation’s dropout rate since 2000, when 12% of youth were dropouts.

1993 = 33% of Hispanics dropped out

2013 = 14% of Hispanics dropped out

1993 = 16% of Blacks dropped out

2013 = 8% of Blacks dropped out

1993 = 9% of Non-Hispanic Whites dropped out

2013= %5 of Non-Hispanic Whites dropped out

1999 = 5% of Aisans dropped out

2013 = 4% of Asians dropped out.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/02/u-s-high-school-dropout-rate-reaches-record-low-driven-by-improvements-among-hispanics-blacks/