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Dropout Rates by Characteristics of
Students and Schools
(3 Charts)
In the Five County Region, students in
high poverty schools are more likely to drop out than students in low
poverty schools.
(Chart 1 of 3)
Data Source:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm
- Outside of the Los Angeles Unified School District, in high
schools where fewer than 20% of students participate in subsidized
meal programs, fewer than 1% of students drop out each year.
- In the Five County Region, in high schools where more than 60% of
students participate in subsidized meal programs, more than 4% of
students drop out each year.
- The overwhelming majority of high school students in the LAUSD are
in schools where more than 60% of students are on subsidized meal
programs, and more than 5% of those students drop out each year.
Students in schools with a high
proportion of minorities are more likely to drop out than others.
(Chart 2 of 3)
Data Source:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm
- In the Five County Region, in high schools where fewer than 20%
of students are minorities, fewer than 1% of students drop out each
year.
- In the Five County Region, in schools where more than 80% of
students are minorities, about 3% of students drop out each year.
- The overwhelming majority of high school students in LAUSD are
in schools where more than 60% of students are minorities, and about
5% of these students drop out each year.
With the exception of Los Angeles
Unified School District, students in year-round schools are more
likely to drop out than students in traditional calendar schools.
(Chart 3 of 3)
Data Source:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm
- In the Five County Region, about 1.5% of students in high
schools with traditional calendars drop out.
- In the Five County Region, nearly 4% of students in high schools
on year-round calendars drop out.
- The disparity is even greater in Los Angeles County, though in
the LAUSD, the dropout rate is over 5% for schools regardless of
calendar arrangements.
Last Updated:
July 27, 2005
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