Report on Student Dropout Rates

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1 Report on Student Dropout Rates South Carolina Department of Education Mick Zais, Ph.D. State Superintendent of Education June 2013

2 CONTENTS Introduction... 1 Adult Education... 2 Data Highlights Dropout Rate for Grades Dropout Percentages by Gender and Ethnicity... 2 Dropouts by Gender and by Ethnicity... 3 Dropouts by Grade... 3 Dropouts by Demographic Category Table 1: Table 2: Table 3: Table 4: Table 5: Table 6: Table 7: Table 8: Table 9: Total Dropouts as a Percentage of the Total Enrollment for Grades Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the Male Enrollment for Grades Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the Female Enrollment for Grades White Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Enrollment for Grades Nonwhite Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Enrollment for Grades White Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Female Enrollment for Grades Nonwhite Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Female Enrollment for Grades White Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Male Enrollment for Grades Nonwhite Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Male Enrollment for Grades Glossary ii

3 INTRODUCTION Since 1971 the South Carolina Department of Education has collected and analyzed data on school dropouts. The Report on Student Dropout Rates provides an assessment of the progress made by state and local school districts in their effort to reduce the number of school dropouts and increase the graduation rate. The annual data collection process employed in South Carolina reports students who leave school during a twelve-month period including those who leave over the summer. The process allows those who reenroll during the collection period and remain in school to be excluded from the count. The dropout report consists of nine tables. Table 1 contains a comparison of the total number of dropouts with the total enrollment in grades nine through twelve. This comparison called an event rate shows the proportion of students who drop out in one year. The resulting percentage may be compared yearly as an indicator of progress. Tables 2 through 9 compare the number of dropouts with enrollment by ethnicity and gender categories in grades nine through twelve. 1

4 ADULT EDUCATION During the school year more than 14,279 students between the ages of seventeen and twentyone were enrolled in adult education programs in South Carolina. In that year 1,833 of these students between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one earned General Educational Development diplomas (GEDs). DATA HIGHLIGHTS DROPOUT RATE FOR GRADES 9 12 From to , the dropout rate for grades 9 through 12 declined in 51 of the 85 districts. The state dropout rate declined 0.30 percentage points during the academic year. DROPOUT PERCENTAGES BY GENDER and ETHNICITY From to , the dropout rate for all ethnicity decreased. Nonwhite males continue to dropout at the highest rate. 1 0 White Male Nonwhite Male White Female Nonwhite Female 2

5 DROPOUTS BY GENDER AND BY ETHNICITY In , males dropped out at a rate of 2.9 percent compared to 2.1 percent for females. In , the dropout rate for nonwhites was 2.8 percent compared to 2.3 percent for whites. Male Female Nonwhite White DROPOUTS BY GRADE In , approximately 26 percent of all dropouts occurred in the ninth grade. Cumulatively in , 52 percent of the dropouts had occurred by the tenth-grade year. 12th Grade 23% 1,291 1,198 1,350 9th Grade 26% 1,393 11th Grade 25% 10th Grade 26% SOUTH CAROLINA DROPOUTS DROPOUTS BY GROUPS DROPOUTS ENROLLMENT DROPOUT RATE ALL STUDENTS 5, , AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE 36 1, ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER 64 3, BLACK NON-HISPANIC 2,148 77, HISPANIC , WHITE NON-HISPANIC 2, , STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES , LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT 56 6, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 3, , MIGRANT MALE 3, , FEMALE 2, , Source: South Carolina Department of Education, Student Dropout File Collected October 2012 and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

6 TABLE 1 Total Dropouts as a Percentage of the Total Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS LAURENS

7 TABLE 1 Total Dropouts as a Percentage of the Total Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER , SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE TOTAL , STATE AVE *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4, Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District, and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

8 TABLE 2 Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the Male Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN , ALLENDALE ANDERSON , ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON , BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT , BERKELEY , CALHOUN CHARLESTON , CHEROKEE , CHESTER CHESTERFIELD , CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON , DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER , DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE , FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN , GREENVILLE , GREENWOOD , GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY , JASPER KERSHAW , LANCASTER , LAURENS LAURENS

9 TABLE 2 Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the Male Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON , MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE , ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS , RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE TOTAL STATE AVE *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

10 TABLE 3 Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the Female Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS

11 TABLE 3 Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the Female Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LAURENS LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE STATE TOTAL AVE. *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

12 TABLE 4 White Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS

13 TABLE 4 White Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LAURENS LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE STATE TOTAL AVE. *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

14 TABLE 5 Nonwhite Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Enrollment for Grades 9 12 DISTRICT ` ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS LAURENS

15 TABLE 5 Nonwhite Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Enrollment for Grades 9 12 DISTRICT ` LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE STATE TOTAL AVE. *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

16 TABLE 6 White Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Female Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS

17 TABLE 6 White Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Female Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LAURENS LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER* SUMTER 2* SUMTER UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE TOTAL STATE AVE *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

18 TABLE 7 Nonwhite Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Female Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS LAURENS

19 TABLE 7 Nonwhite Female Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Female Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE STATE TOTAL AVE. *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

20 TABLE 8 White Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Male Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS LAURENS

21 TABLE 8 White Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the White Male Enrollment for Grades 9 12 LEE LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON LEXINGTON MCCORMICK MARION MARION MARION MARION MARLBORO NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SPARTANBURG SUMTER SUMTER 2* SUMTER 17* UNION WILLIAMSBURG YORK YORK YORK YORK SC PUBLIC CHARTER DEAF AND BLIND STATE TOTAL STATE AVE *During the school year, Dillon School District 1 and Dillon School District 3 consolidated to form Dillon School District 4; Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated to form Sumter School District; and Marion 1, Marion 2, and Marion 7 consolidated to form Marion 10. Note: Enrollment by ethnicity/gender in , , , and will not add to total enrollment in this table due to missing ethnicity/gender codes for some students. Source: South Carolina Department of Education, School Dropout Listings ; precode file ; Student Dropout File Collected October 2012; and the South Carolina 45-Day Average Membership File Collected October

22 TABLE 9 Nonwhite Male Dropouts as a Percentage of the Nonwhite Male Enrollment for Grades 9 12 ABBEVILLE AIKEN ALLENDALE ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON BAMBERG BAMBERG BARNWELL BARNWELL BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY CALHOUN CHARLESTON CHEROKEE CHESTER CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON CLARENDON CLARENDON COLLETON DARLINGTON DILLON 1* DILLON 2* DILLON DILLON DORCHESTER DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD HAMPTON HAMPTON HORRY JASPER KERSHAW LANCASTER LAURENS