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  2. High school dropouts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This rate is different from the event dropout rate and related measures of the status completion and average freshman completion rates. [2] The status high school dropout rate in 2009 was 8.1%. [1] There are many risk factors for high school dropouts. These can be categorized into social and academic risk factors.

  3. Dropping out - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Education's measurement of the status dropout rate is the percentage of 16-24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential. [7] This rate is different from the event dropout rate and related measures of the status completion and average freshman completion rates. [8]

  4. Educational attainment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Educational attainment in the United States (2018) [5] In 2018, nearly 9/10 (90 percent) of all adults 25 years or older reported they had completed at least high school, or obtained a GED/high school equivalency certificate. Over one in three adults (35 percent) had attained at least a bachelor's degree.

  5. Racial achievement gap in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...

  6. Raising of school leaving age - Wikipedia

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    The school leaving age was raised from 16 to 18 following a law change on 17 July 2007. The change will be implemented within three years of the law being passed. [3] In the 2005-6 school year 5.6% of students left school before the age of 18, mostly at age 16; the dropout rate was highest amongst Bedouin (9.8%) and lowest amongst Jewish ...

  7. List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment

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    The survey does not measure graduation rates from different educational institutions, but instead, it measures the percentage of adult residents with a high school diploma. [ 4 ] Overall, 100.0% of Americans over the age of 25 had graduated from high school in 2021, with the highest level found in the state of Massachusetts at 96.1% and the ...

  8. Dropout Prevention Act - Wikipedia

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    It is estimated that 1.2 million American students drop out of high school each year. [citation needed] The US Department of Education assesses the dropout rate by calculating the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not currently enrolled in school and who have not yet earned a high school credential. For example, the high school dropout ...

  9. First-generation college students in the United States

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    27.4% of students 19–23 years old. 35.6% of students 24–29 years old. 42.1% of students 30–39 years old. 50.2% of students 40 years old or older. A review of the literature on first-generation college students published by the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation (TGSLC) cites a 2001 study which reported that 31% of first-generation ...