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Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. ... The dropout rate has fallen 3% from 1990 to 2010 (12.1% to 7.4%). The percentage of graduating Latino students has significantly increased.

Tell kids the real story. ... Reach out to your community. ... Give students a positive place to be. ... Provide career and technical education. ... Hold stakeholders accountable for the graduation rate. ... Provide multiple pathways for graduation. ... Use technology to engage students. ... Keep schools open to serve as community hubs in the summer.

Communicate. ... Talk to them about career realities. ... Don't pressure them to do too much. ... Stay in touch with the school. ... Be supportive and involved. ... Encourage a break, rather than quitting. ... Consider a different school. ... Consider a gap year.

Boredom. Students often drop out of high school and college due to apathy or boredom. High school students often report that academic content isn't interesting and they don't have a personal connection with their teachers, according to an article in "Psychology Today."

The consequences of dropping out of high school are that you will be more likely to become a prison inmate or the victim of a crime. You will also have a higher chance of becoming homeless, unemployed, and/or unhealthy. Simply put, a lot of bad stuff potentially happens if you drop out.

Over 80 percent of the incarcerated population is high school dropouts making this an issue that truly impacts every member of the community.

High School Dropouts More Likely to Go to Prison. Of all of the males in federal and state prisons, 80 percent do not have a high school diploma. There is a direct correlation with a lack of high school education and incarceration. ... Juvenile incarceration decreases the likelihood of high school graduation by 13 percent.

According to the department's data, 84.6% of students earned a diploma at the end of the 2016-2017 school year. When broken down by state, Iowa has the highest graduation rate in the country. Based on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 91% of students in Iowa graduated from high school.

More than 1.3 million students drop out of high school every year in the US. More than 20% of dropouts are foreign born. ... A high-school dropout is ineligible for 90% of jobs in America. Kids who don't read proficiently by 4th grade are 4 times likelier to drop out of school.

The latest report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education shows that 40 percent of African American males drop out of high school.

Dropout rate refers to the percentage of students that do not complete their high school education. ... It determines dropout rates by comparing the number of students that earned a high school diploma to the number of students that dropped out. Select a graduating class of students.

About 25% of high school freshmen fail to graduate from high school on time. The U.S., which had some of the highest graduation rates of any developed country, now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries. The dropout rate has fallen 3% from 1990 to 2010 (12.1% to 7.4%).

Over 80 percent of the incarcerated population is high school dropouts making this an issue that truly impacts every member of the community. Numbers are higher for dropouts of color; 22 percent of people jailed in the U.S. are black males who are high school dropouts.

American Indian/Alaska Native youth had the highest status dropout rate (10.1 percent) of all racial/ethnic groups, including youth who were Hispanic (8.2 percent), Black (6.5 percent), of Two or more races (4.5 percent), White (4.3 percent), Pacific Islander (3.9 percent), and Asian (2.1 percent).

American Indian/Alaska Native youth had the highest status dropout rate (10.1 percent) of all racial/ethnic groups, including youth who were Hispanic (8.2 percent), Black (6.5 percent), of Two or more races (4.5 percent), White (4.3 percent), Pacific Islander (3.9 percent), and Asian (2.1 percent).