[Lmresearch] New EL Facts--Tenth Grade Dropout Rates by Native Language, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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           Tenth Grade Dropout Rates by Native Language, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

            One of the most important indicators of educational performance is the high school dropout rate. Reducing dropout rates and improving high school graduation rates are important goals for both educators and policymakers. Yet there is a great deal of controversy about how best to measure dropout and graduation rates.1 This issue of EL Facts provides estimates of dropout rates for language minority students, racial and ethnic groups, and socioeconomic groups.

            Highlights:

              a.. 6.7 percent of high school sophomores in 2002 had dropped out of high school two years later
              b.. Dropout rates for students whose native language was other than English were twice as high (10.2 percent) as students whose native language was English (5.8 percent)
              c.. Dropout rates for Black and Hispanic students were twice as high as those for White students, whereas dropout rates for Asian students were less than half the rates for White students
              d.. Dropout rates for students the from the lowest SES quartile were seven times as large as dropout rates for students from the highest SES quartile
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            [Statistical information/Education/English Learners/Racial and Ethnic minorities]


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