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School Dropout Rates, 2004-2012

Data captures PA public school dropout rates for individual school years between 2004 and 2012. Data on secondary students in grades 7-12 is organized by AUN, county name, recorded number of dropouts for male and female students, total dropouts and dropout rate. Dropout rate is calculated as the total number of recorded dropouts at the end of the school year divided by total recorded amount enrolled at the beginning of the same school year. Definition of “dropout” and data collection parameters can be found at the resource URL. Data originates from the Pennsylvania Information System Management System, the Public School Enrollment Report, and the Public School Dropout Survey. Data from 2004-2007 is in PDF format. Data from 2007-2012 is in Excel format.

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Created December 8, 2014
Category Education
License License Not Specified
Maintainer Email ra_espdata@state.pa.us
Maintainer Link http://www.education.state.pa.us
Maintainer Phone 717-787-2644
Time Period 2004 - Current
Usage Public Use; Free
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