Event Dropout Rates for Public School Students in Grades 9-12: 2002-03 and 2003-04: First Look Report (NCES 2007-026)

The report summarizes and compares event dropout rates for public high school students, by state, for 2002-03 and 2003-04. Event dropout rates included in the report measure the percent of 9th- through 12th-grade students who drop out over the course of a school year. A dropout, as defined for this report, is as an individual who was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year, was not enrolled on October 1 of the current school year, and did not graduate from high school or complete some other district- or state-approved educational program.