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Significant discrepancies exist across the dropout rates of students of different ethnic groups, but are overshadowed by even greater difference across the region.
(Chart 2 of 6)

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.

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Dropout rates in the Five County Region declined and have since stabilized.
(Chart 3 of 6)

Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm

• One-year dropout rates declined between 1993 and 1997 and have since stabilized.
• A substantial portion of that decline came from Los Angeles County and Los Angeles Unified School District.
• However, dropout rates in Los Angeles Unified School District have risen slightly since 1997.

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Dropout rates in Los Angeles County declined and have since stabilized.
(Chart 4 of 6)

Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm

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Dropout rates Outside Los Angeles County declined and have since stabilized.
(Chart 5 of 6)

Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm

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Dropout rates in Los Angeles Unified School District declined and have since stabilized.
(Chart 6 of 6)

Data Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/cbeds_f.htm and http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/gls_dropouts.htm