Dropout Rates in the United States: 2004 (NCES 2007-024)

This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates for 2004, and provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three decades (1972-2004), including characteristics of dropouts and completers in these years. In addition, it contains estimates of dropout rates and on-time graduation rates for public high school students.