Dropout Rates, 1999 - Status Dropout Rates, Age and Sex


Executive Summary Introduction Event and Status Dropout Rates Type of Dropout Rates Event Dropout Rates Status Dropout Rates High School Completion Rates High School Completion Rates Method of High School Completion Conclusions Text Tables and Figures Full Report (PDF)	Status Dropout Rates Home \| Race/Ethnicity Hispanic Dropout Rates by Immigration Status \| Age and Sex \| Region *Age and Sex* As might be expected, young adults of high school age (16 or 17) registered among the lowest status dropout rates, presumably because many of these individuals were still enrolled in school and pursuing a high school diploma. Though these younger students represented 23.8 percent of all 16-through 24 year-olds in 1999, they accounted for just 10.9 percent of all dropouts (table 3). Consequently, the numbers of older young adults who were ages 18 through 24 and who had not completed a high school education were comparatively higher, as they comprised 89.2 percent of all dropouts in 1999.

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