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The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of
Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04
National Center for Education Statistics
 (PDF)
The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate provides an estimate of the percentage of high
school students who graduate on time by dividing the number of graduates with regular
diplomas by the size of the incoming freshman class four years earlier, expressed as
a percentage.
Dropout Rates in the United States: 2004
National Center for Education Statistics
(PDF, 311 KB)
This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports
on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of
rates for 2004, and provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last
three decades (1972-2004), including characteristics of dropouts and completers in these
years. Among other findings, the report shows that in students living in low-income families
were approximately four times more likely to drop out of high school between 2003 and 2004
than were their peers from high-income families. Focusing on indicators of on-time graduation
from public high schools, the averaged freshman graduation rate for the 3 most recent years for
which data are available shows an increase from 72.6 percent for 2001-02 to 73.9 percent for
2002-03 to 74.3 percent for 2003-04.
Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data
- National Center for Education Statistics
The Condition of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
This website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in
The Condition of Education 2000-2006. Some indicators may have been updated
since they appeared in print.
Dropouts Concentrated in 35 Cities, While Federal Data on Dropouts Underestimates Problem
Harvard Graduate School of Education (2001)
Digest of Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a
compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education
from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data
from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of
surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
To qualify for inclusion in the Digest, material must be nationwide in scope and of current
interest and value. The publication contains information on a variety of subjects in the
field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers,
enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds
for education, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population
trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances,
and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data.
School District Demographics System (SDDS)
National Center for Education Statistics
The School District Demographics System site provides access to school district geographic
and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school
districts, children, and K-12 education.
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts
(PDF)
Bridgeland, J. M., DiIulio, J. J., & Morison, K. B. (2006, March).
High School Graduation Rates in the United States
Greene, J.P. (2002, April - Revised).
Leaving Boys Behind: Public High School Graduation Rates
Greene, J.P. & Winters, M.A. (2006, April).
Dropouts in America Conference
Harvard Civil Rights Project (2001, January 31).
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