High school drop out rate

Source:2008-2010 NYS Department of Education Data as of July, 2012

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  High school students dropped out Average high school students Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 51 72 44 167 3,040 1.8
Cattaraugus 134 140 111 385 5,659 2.3
Chautauqua 268 177 192 637 8,710 2.4
Erie 2,081 1,552 1,666 5,299 53,539 3.3
Genesee 84 76 66 226 4,027 1.9
Niagara 319 181 117 617 13,266 1.6
Orleans 71 64 42 177 3,045 1.9
Wyoming 45 32 39 116 1,998 1.9
Region Total 3,053 2,294 2,277 7,624 93,284 2.7
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 202 212 179 593 4,983 4.0
Livingston 69 52 64 185 3,701 1.7
Monroe 1,732 1,505 1,492 4,729 48,220 3.3
Ontario 146 107 118 371 7,269 1.7
Schuyler 21 10 11 42 889 1.6
Seneca 93 44 58 195 1,979 3.3
Steuben 166 158 140 464 7,133 2.2
Wayne 145 163 117 425 6,847 2.1
Yates 28 30 28 86 1,164 2.5
Region Total 2,602 2,281 2,207 7,090 82,185 2.9
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 106 110 96 312 4,330 2.4
Cortland 67 60 66 193 2,924 2.2
Herkimer 124 110 73 307 4,374 2.3
Jefferson 147 128 114 389 6,814 1.9
Lewis 29 24 22 75 1,831 1.4
Madison 104 76 63 243 4,566 1.8
Oneida 343 274 284 901 14,304 2.1
Onondaga 1,058 757 948 2,763 30,045 3.1
Oswego 249 180 190 619 9,366 2.2
St Lawrence 200 154 161 515 6,286 2.7
Tompkins 130 78 76 284 5,156 1.8
Region Total 2,557 1,951 2,093 6,601 89,996 2.4
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 243 193 196 632 12,367 1.7
Chenango 113 81 95 289 3,699 2.6
Tioga 89 75 76 240 3,424 2.3
Region Total 445 349 367 1,161 19,490 2.0
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 399 356 424 1,179 16,170 2.4
Clinton 143 103 96 342 5,166 2.2
Columbia 111 95 86 292 3,640 2.7
Delaware 62 41 36 139 2,708 1.7
Essex 46 32 30 108 1,794 2.0
Franklin 75 74 54 203 3,383 2.0
Fulton 133 121 115 369 3,801 3.2
Greene 76 79 59 214 3,052 2.3
Hamilton 2 8 1 11 196 1.9
Montgomery 141 97 81 319 3,093 3.4
Otsego 77 72 49 198 3,589 1.8
Rensselaer 191 128 162 481 9,079 1.8
Saratoga 254 155 172 581 14,178 1.4
Schenectady 250 254 256 760 9,389 2.7
Schoharie 54 41 55 150 2,082 2.4
Warren 80 61 57 198 4,395 1.5
Washington 102 82 56 240 3,995 2.0
Region Total 2,196 1,799 1,789 5,784 89,710 2.1
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 570 535 559 1,664 19,582 2.8
Orange 721 660 585 1,966 26,907 2.4
Putnam 53 46 24 123 7,065 0.6
Rockland 252 257 191 700 17,099 1.4
Sullivan 99 145 97 341 4,370 2.6
Ulster 398 302 231 931 11,297 2.7
Westchester 875 806 656 2,337 56,857 1.4
Region Total 2,968 2,751 2,343 8,062 143,177 1.9
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 3,228 3,675 3,729 10,632 80,569 4.4
Kings 5,294 4,650 5,393 15,337 117,207 4.4
New York 3,053 3,298 3,093 9,444 77,391 4.1
Queens 3,845 4,198 3,722 11,765 100,577 3.9
Richmond 729 749 602 2,080 22,361 3.1
Region Total 16,149 16,570 16,539 49,258 398,105 4.1
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 727 794 570 2,091 83,476 0.8
Suffolk 1,623 1,292 1,224 4,139 103,701 1.3
Region Total 2,350 2,086 1,794 6,230 187,177 1.1
New York State Total 32,320 30,081 29,409 91,810 1,103,124 2.8

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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