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Florida’s Single-YearDropout RatesApril 2015Florida’s Single-Year Dropout RatesFlorida’s single-year dropout rate is the percentage of high school students that dropout in any one year. Morespecifically, it is the percentage of ninth- through twelfth-grade dropouts compared to the ninth- through twelfth-gradetotal, year-long student membership. A dropout is defined as a student who withdraws from school for any of severalreasons without transferring to another school, home education program or adult education program. The definitionsfor a dropout are listed below in Exhibit 2.Florida’s ninth- through twelfth-grade, single-year dropout rate has fluctuated slightly over the past five years from ahigh of 2.0 percent in 2009-10 and 2012-13 to a low of 1.9 percent in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2013-14. District-level,single-year dropout rates are provided in Exhibits 5 and 6. For school-level dropout rates, please ata-pubsreports/index.stml.Exhibit 1: 9th-12th Grade Single-Year Dropout Rates, 2009-10 through 2013-14Graduation Rate versus Dropout RateFlorida’s single-year dropout rate sometimes causes confusion when attempting to compare the graduation rate to thesingle-year dropout rate. These rates are not inverses of each other. The differences are as follows:The rates apply to different periods of time. Graduation rate is a four-year, cohort-based indicator. Single-year dropout rate is a one-year indicator.The rates apply to different populations. Graduation rate tracks the progress of a group of students who entered the same grade at the sametime over a four-year period. Single-year dropout rate identifies all ninth- through twelfth-grade students in one year.1
Exhibit 2: Dropout Withdrawal Codes and DefinitionsDNE - Any PK-12 student who was expected to attend a school but did not enter as expected for unknown reasonsW05 - Any student age 16 or older who leaves school voluntarily with no intention of returningW13 - Any PK-12 student withdrawn from school due to court actionW15 - Any PK-12 student who is withdrawn from school due to nonattendanceW18 - Any PK-12 student who withdraws from school due to medical reasonsW21 - Any PK-12 student who is withdrawn from school due to being expelledW22 - Any PK-12 student whose whereabouts is unknownW23 – Any PK-12 student who withdraws from school for any reason other than W01 - W22 or W24 – W27Exhibit 3: 9th-12th Grade Single-Year Dropouts by Gender within Race/Ethnicity, 2009-10 to 2013-14WhiteBlack or 6%1.3%2.4%3.4%3.0%1.6%2.3%2.0%0.4%0.5%0.5%Exhibit 4: Grades 9-12 Single-Year Dropouts by Gender within Race/Ethnicity, 2009-10 to 2013-14 (continued)SchoolYearAmerican Indian/AlaskaN iFMTotalTwo or More RacesFMTotalPacific .9%2
Exhibit 5: 9th-12th Grade Single-Year Dropout Rates by Race/Ethnicity, HENDRYHERNANDOHIGHLANDSHILLSBOROUGHHOLMESINDIAN EECHOBEEORANGEOSCEOLAPALM BEACHPASCOPINELLASPOLKPUTNAMWhiteBlack or ian/ 0.0%4.9%4.3%0.7%2.4%0.0%Two or %0.5%0.2%3.7%0.7%1.3%2.3%5.2%Pacific .0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.9%0.0%0.0%5.4%0.0%3
. JOHNSST. LUCIESANTA IAWAKULLAWALTONWASHINGTONDEAF/BLINDWASH. SPECIALFL VIRTUALFAU LAB SCHFSU CHTR SCHFAMU LAB SCHUF LAB SCHWhiteBlack or .0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%AmericanIndian/ o or .0%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%Pacific 0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%*Source: 2013-14 Florida Department of Education (FDOE) dropout data as of 2/27/15. A blank cell indicates no students in the subgroup population.Exhibit 6: 9th-12th Grade Single-Year Dropout Rates by District, 2009-010 through DEEHENDRYHERNANDOHIGHLANDSHILLSBOROUGHHOLMESINDIAN .9%4.4%2.9%2.5%2.7%0.7%1.9%0.4%4
NGEOSCEOLAPALM BEACHPASCOPINELLASPOLKPUTNAMST. JOHNSST. LUCIESANTA IAWAKULLAWALTONWASHINGTONDEAF/BLINDWASH. SPECIALFL .6%0.2%*Source: 2013-14 Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Automatic Student Database as of 2/27/15.5
Florida Department of EducationPam Stewart, CommissionerFor questions regarding Florida’s dropout rate, contact:Florida Department of EducationDivision of Accountability, Research and Measurement(850) 245-0437ARM@fldoe.org6
reasons without transferring to another school, home education program or adult education program. The definitions for a dropout are listed below in Exhibit 2. Florida’s ninth- through twelfth-grade, single-year dropout rat
