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Dropout Rates by District


In Florida, a dropout is defined as a student who withdraws from school for any of several reasons cited in statute without transferring to another school, home education program, or adult education program. Dropout withdrawal reasons include voluntary withdrawal from school prior to graduation (e.g., after passing the age of compulsory school attendance); failure to meet attendance requirements due to excessive absenteeism; discontinuance of attendance with whereabouts unknown; failure to enter/attend school as expected after having previously registered; and certain other reasons. The dropout rate is calculated and reported for all children in grades 9-12 who drop out of school. Florida's dropout rate is a single-year indicator that compares the number of dropouts in grades 9-12 to the total 9-12 students enrolled at anytime during a single year. The dropout rates and graduation rates are not directly comparable since the graduation rate is a four-year, cohort-based indicator.

District 1998-99
School
Year
1999-2000
School
Year
2000-01
School
Year
2001-02
School
Year
2002-03
School
Year
2003-04
School
Year
2004-05
School
Year
2005-06
School
Year
2006-07
School
Year
2007-08
School
Year
2008-09
School
Year
Alachua 5.7% 6.3% 6.1% 5.2% 5.1% 5.1% 5.0% 6.1% 6.6% 3.6% 2.6%
Baker 9.7% 3.0% 4.2% 3.5% 3.7% 4.0% 4.3% 3.7% 2.8% 1.8% 2.0%
Bay 2.5% 3.5% 1.6% 1.5% 1.1% 1.8% 1.2% 2.0% 2.5% 1.7% 0.8%
Bradford 3.2% 2.4% 5.0% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8% 4.5% 5.4% 5.1% 5.0% 3.1%
Brevard 3.5% 2.0% 2.4% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 1.2% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 0.6%
Broward 2.8% 2.3% 1.6% 1.3% 1.0% 1.1% 1.7% 2.7% 3.2% 2.0% 2.1%
Calhoun 1.8% 2.3% 3.1% 3.0% 2.0% 2.5% 1.4% 3.0% 3.2% 1.5% 0.6%
Charlotte 3.2% 3.7% 3.5% 3.7% 4.5% 2.1% 2.2% 2.5% 1.6% 1.5% 2.9%
Citrus 7.9% 4.6% 3.2% 4.3% 4.0% 3.5% 4.4% 4.7% 4.1% 1.7% 1.4%
Clay 2.8% 3.2% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 2.3% 2.0% 1.2%
Collier 5.8% 5.6% 4.2% 3.7% 3.6% 3.1% 2.2% 2.0% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2%
Columbia 4.9% 2.0% 1.8% 1.4% 1.3% 1.6% 2.1% 2.1% 2.3% 0.6% 0.7%
Dade 10.6% 8.0% 5.4% 4.4% 4.2% 4.6% 4.5% 6.7% 5.8% 4.5% 3.9%
DeSoto 5.4% 3.9% 3.5% 2.7% 2.7% 3.1% 5.6% 6.1% 4.2% 3.4% 4.6%
Dixie 3.5% 3.2% 2.7% 3.3% 4.2% 2.8% 2.8% 5.6% 4.4% 4.3% 5.1%
Duval 8.6% 8.5% 8.3% 5.7% 4.6% 5.1% 5.9% 6.6% 5.2% 3.3% 4.8%
Escambia 2.6% 3.0% 2.4% 2.3% 2.5% 2.4% 3.4% 3.1% 3.3% 4.0% 2.1%
Flagler 1.8% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.8% 3.6% 1.4% 1.9% 2.5% 1.0% 2.2%
Franklin 3.9% 6.9% 4.1% 2.6% 4.0% 8.0% 4.6% 13.3% 6.7% 2.0% 5.4%
Gadsden 7.1% 7.0% 6.7% 4.4% 4.4% 5.3% 6.0% 4.9% 5.4% 1.1% 4.2%
Gilchrist 3.1% 3.4% 3.4% 2.6% 3.1% 2.3% 2.1% 2.3% 1.4% 0.7% 0.2%
Glades 9.3% 10.9% 6.3% 7.2% 7.3% 4.4% 8.2% 6.9% 13.0% 5.0% 3.8%
Gulf 1.6% 2.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.4% 2.3% 2.2% 2.9% 0.9% 1.3% 1.4%
Hamilton 4.0% 3.7% 2.3% 2.3% 4.6% 7.6% 4.9% 5.4% 5.1% 4.4% 3.6%
Hardee 8.8% 5.6% 7.2% 6.6% 6.3% 5.8% 6.3% 5.7% 5.1% 6.4% 4.9%
Hendry 7.4% 7.1% 5.7% 4.9% 4.1% 3.4% 3.6% 4.2% 3.0% 4.0% 3.1%
Hernando 6.1% 2.9% 2.0% 2.1% 1.9% 3.2% 3.1% 4.9% 3.3% 2.8% 2.7%
Highlands 4.2% 5.9% 5.8% 4.3% 4.4% 2.6% 5.0% 5.7% 5.4% 4.2% 4.2%
Hillsborough 4.2% 2.6% 2.7% 2.2% 2.6% 1.9% 2.1% 2.1% 1.6% 1.8% 1.0%
Holmes 4.0% 2.3% 2.9% 2.6% 3.4% 4.8% 2.3% 3.8% 3.4% 2.4% 1.7%
Indian River 4.9% 4.0% 2.4% 1.6% 2.0% 1.3% 1.4% 1.0% 1.8% 1.3% 1.5%
Jackson 0.9% 1.8% 1.5% 2.3% 2.4% 2.7% 2.8% 1.2% 1.6% 1.4% 2.0%
Jefferson 2.7% 3.6% 3.1% 3.6% 4.2% 4.0% 8.0% 7.7% 7.9% 5.3% 1.8%
Lafayette 6.0% 5.3% 0.9% 4.5% 2.3% 1.7% 2.6% 2.8% 2.3% 2.8% 0.7%
Lake 3.6% 4.3% 4.5% 4.9% 4.0% 4.5% 4.5% 4.7% 4.5% 3.1% 2.9%
Lee 4.9% 4.6% 5.6% 7.0% 5.9% 2.9% 2.9% 3.5% 2.4% 1.8% 1.3%
Leon 4.0% 3.5% 3.1% 3.4% 2.7% 3.1% 1.9% 2.3% 3.6% 2.1% 3.0%
Levy 3.6% 5.0% 3.7% 3.1% 4.0% 4.3% 5.0% 4.8% 4.2% 2.9% 4.2%
Liberty 5.9% 1.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.9% 0.2% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 1.3%
Madison 5.2% 5.0% 5.4% 5.4% 1.6% 3.5% 7.8% 5.5% 5.5% 5.1% 2.4%
Manatee 7.4% 6.3% 4.5% 3.0% 1.8% 2.6% 2.5% 3.1% 1.3% 4.4% 3.6%
Marion 5.7% 4.5% 3.6% 2.8% 3.0% 3.3% 3.6% 4.2% 3.3% 3.1% 2.6%
Martin 3.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 1.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% 0.7%
Monroe 4.7% 1.8% 3.0% 3.7% 3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 1.5% 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
Nassau 3.2% 3.9% 4.9% 3.3% 2.7% 2.5% 3.1% 3.4% 4.2% 3.5% 2.1%
Okaloosa 4.4% 4.1% 3.7% 3.0% 3.4% 2.1% 2.5% 2.2% 1.8% 1.7% 1.0%
Okeechobee 6.6% 5.4% 5.1% 4.6% 5.4% 4.7% 7.2% 6.0% 5.3% 5.2% 3.9%
Orange 5.7% 6.8% 4.9% 2.8% 4.4% 2.5% 2.0% 1.9% 1.7% 1.5% 1.1%
Osceola 6.1% 5.5% 4.2% 4.6% 3.3% 3.9% 4.1% 4.1% 4.2% 2.7% 1.0%
Palm Beach 3.8% 3.2% 2.5% 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.8% 3.0% 4.4% 3.9% 2.6%
Pasco 5.5% 4.4% 4.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 4.2% 4.2% 3.5% 2.1% 1.2%
Pinellas 3.7% 3.1% 4.2% 5.2% 4.5% 3.6% 2.7% 3.0% 3.4% 2.1% 2.1%
Polk 8.7% 5.9% 5.8% 2.9% 3.6% 3.6% 4.8% 4.4% 4.2% 3.8% 4.0%
Putnam 3.7% 3.8% 2.4% 2.2% 1.5% 3.1% 4.2% 4.0% 2.9% 5.7% 3.3%
St. Johns 2.5% 2.3% 2.4% 2.1% 2.0% 2.3% 1.7% 2.0% 1.8% 1.3% 1.1%
St. Lucie 4.7% 4.5% 1.6% 1.3% 1.6% 2.6% 2.3% 2.2% 2.0% 1.3% 1.4%
Santa Rosa 2.1% 2.0% 2.2% 1.8% 2.1% 2.3% 1.8% 2.3% 1.9% 1.9% 1.8%
Sarasota 7.6% 3.6% 3.1% 3.1% 3.5% 2.9% 2.9% 2.5% 2.7% 2.1% 1.8%
Seminole 2.1% 3.4% 1.0% 1.3% 1.4% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 1.5% 0.5% 0.4%
Sumter 3.6% 3.9% 3.9% 2.5% 3.4% 3.1% 3.1% 2.6% 2.7% 1.8% 3.3%
Suwannee 3.4% 4.2% 5.3% 3.0% 4.4% 8.5% 5.2% 4.8% 5.2% 6.8% 3.4%
Taylor 3.6% 4.4% 1.8% 2.6% 4.2% 4.6% 3.2% 3.5% 4.7% 4.0% 2.9%
Union 1.7% 3.4% 3.5% 1.8% 2.4% 1.4% 2.1% 2.6% 1.8% 1.2% 1.0%
Volusia 1.8% 1.6% 1.4% 1.5% 1.4% 1.3% 1.1% 1.4% 1.3% 1.0% 1.3%
Wakulla 4.4% 2.7% 2.5% 5.1% 2.8% 2.9% 2.7% 5.7% 2.7% 2.7% 2.9%
Walton 5.3% 4.9% 4.5% 4.9% 2.5% 3.1% 2.8% 2.6% 2.3% 1.8% 2.6%
Washington 2.9% 2.3% 2.7% 2.6% 1.8% 2.0% 2.4% 3.4% 1.6% 1.7% 1.2%
State 5.4% 4.6% 3.8% 3.2% 3.1% 2.9% 3.0% 3.5% 3.3% 2.6% 2.3%

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Last updated on 12/3/2009 3:45:56 PM


Graduation Rates by District, 1998-99 through 2006-07
Dropout Rates by District, 1998-99 through 2006-07
Graduation and Dropout Rates by District for the 2006-07 School Year