Dropout Rate
The 2009-2010 annual drop-out rate improved to 3.1 percent, .5 percentage points less than the 3.6 percent rate posted in 2008-2009.
The dropout rate reflects the percentage of all students enrolled in grades seven-12 who leave school during a single school year. It is calculated by dividing the number of dropouts by a membership base, which includes all students who were in membership any time during the year. Between 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, the number of students counted as dropouts declined from 14,975 to 13,147.