August 12th, 2011

California’s high school dropout rate almost 20 percent

Nearly 1 out of every 5 students in California’s projected class of 2010 - 18.2 percent - dropped out of high school before graduation day, meaning 94,000 teenagers hit the streets without diplomas, according to data released Thursday. via The San Francisco Chronicle.

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June 8th, 2011

In California, graduation rates rise, but nearly 140,000 won’t finish high school

Nearly 140,000 students who were enrolled in the ninth grade in the 2007-08 school year in California will not graduate from high school this month.

By contrast, some 377,498 students will receive their diplomas. The difference amounts to a loss of an average of 775 students from school in California each day. Learn more.

Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice for California Watch

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