Reply #20: here.

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http://www.ed.gov/programs/dropout/dropoutprogram.html

A 1999 study titled Dropout Rates in the United States by the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES) reports the following event dropout rates*:
Hispanic students-7.8%
Black, non-Hispanic-6.5%
White, non-Hispanic students-4.0%.
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk Task Force reported the Native American dropout rate to be twice the national average.
Who is at risk of dropping out?

Several studies have found poor academic performance to be the strongest predictor of risk of dropping out (Hess, et al. 1987; Wood 1994).
Other students who are at higher risk of dropping out include those who
repeat one or more grades
are from low socioeconomic backgrounds
speak English as a second language
become pregnant
are frequently absent/truant