Last Year's Statistics here.

Comparing Dropout Rates by Race / Ethnicity (Cross-Section, 2 Charts)

One-Year Dropout Rate: Significant discrepancies exist across the dropout rates of students of different ethnic groups, but are overshadowed by even greater difference across the region (Chart 1 of 2).

Click for a Larger Chart | Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm

• In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the range of dropout rates is much wider than elsewhere, but is also systematically higher.
• African American students are by far the most likely to drop out, followed closely by Latino students.
• Asian / Pacific Islanders are the least likely to drop out, dropping out even less often than Anglos.

Four-Year Dropout Rate: The proportion of students who drop out of Los Angeles Unified School District (over one in five) is more than twice that of the region outside Los Angeles County (Chart 2 of 2).

Click for a Larger Chart | Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm

Last Updated: January 15, 2004