Five Year Comparison of Dropout Rates by Gender by Grade

	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
	Pupil	Drop		Pupil	Drop		Pupil	Drop		Pupil	Drop		Pupil	Drop
Grade	Count	Count	Rt	Count	Count	Rt	Count	Count	Rt	Count	Count	Rt	Count	Count	Rt

Male
Gr. 7	28,993	64	0.2	30,052	79	0.3	29,892	73	0.2	30,592	59	0.2	31,101	66	0.2
Gr. 8	29,093	160	0.5	30,318	138	0.5	30,885	102	0.3	30,762	144	0.5	31,466	122	0.4
Gr. 9	29,384	1,222	4.1	31,310	1,248	4.0	33,897	1,314	3.9	34,744	1,325	3.8	35,146	1,511	4.3
Gr. 10	26,011	1,648	6.3	27,441	1,552	5.7	29,574	1,854	6.3	30,542	1,838	6.0	30,913	1,709	5.5
Gr. 11	23,288	1,761	7.6	24,224	1,626	6.7	26,977	1,782	6.6	27,783	1,919	6.9	28,461	1,791	6.3
Gr. 12	18,911	1,193	6.3	18,937	1,133	6.0	21,141	1,357	6.4	22,029	1,286	5.8	22,664	1,167	5.1
Un- graded	5,652	1,671	29.6	5,808	1,603	27.6	871	288	33.1	1,005	316	31.4	1,061	302	28.5
Ttl	161,782	7,719	4.8	168,090	7,379	4.4	173,237	6,770	3.9	177,457	6,887	3.9	180,812	6,668	3.7

Female
Gr. 7	27,654	68	0.2	27,970	85	0.3	27,987	66	0.2	28,366	52	0.2	29,347	68	0.2
Gr. 8	27,477	144	0.5	28,629	163	0.6	28,770	102	0.4	28,951	156	0.5	29,593	131	0.4
Gr. 9	26,223	965	3.4	29,197	935	3.2	31,621	1,092	3.5	32,067	1,121	3.5	32,575	1,148	3.5
Gr. 10	24,423	1,178	4.8	25,773	1,181	4.6	27,588	1,343	4.9	28,739	1,332	4.6	28,886	1,193	4.1
Gr. 11	21,619	1,243	5.7	22,392	1,064	4.8	25,532	1,478	5.8	26,092	1,394	5.3	27,078	1,345	5.0
Gr. 12	18,832	804	4.3	18,830	705	3.7	20,831	870	4.2	22,104	867	3.9	22,410	791	3.5
Un- graded	5,743	1,654	28.8	5,674	1,437	25.6	831	246	29.6	938	254	27.1	950	240	25.3
Ttl	153,971	6,056	3.9	158,465	5,570	3.5	163,160	5,197	3.2	167,257	5,176	3.1	170,839	4,916	2.9

Ttl
Gr. 7	56,647	132	0.2	58,022	164	0.3	57,879	139	0.2	58,958	111	0.2	60,448	134	0.2
Gr. 8	56,570	304	0.5	58,947	301	0.5	59,655	204	0.3	59,713	300	0.5	61,059	253	0.4
Gr. 9	58,057	2,187	3.8	60,507	2,183	3.6	65,518	2,406	3.7	66,811	2,446	3.7	67,721	2,659	3.9
Gr. 10	50,434	2,826	5.6	53,214	2,733	5.1	57,162	3,197	5.6	59,281	3,170	5.3	59,799	2,902	4.9
Gr. 11	44,907	3,004	6.7	46,616	2,690	5.8	52,509	3,260	6.2	53,875	3,313	6.1	55,539	3,136	5.6
Gr. 12	37,743	1,997	5.3	37,767	1,838	5.0	41,964	2,227	5.3	44,133	2,153	4.9	45,074	1,958	4.3
Un- graded	11,395	3,325	29.2	11,482	3,040	26.5	1,702	534	31.4	1,943	570	29.3	2,011	542	27.0
Ttl	315,753	13,775	4.4	326,555	12,949	4.0	336,397	11,967	3.6	344,714	12,063	3.5	351,651	11,584	3.3