2025-03-242025-03-242018-07https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/handle/10827/60108Since 1971 the South Carolina Department of Education has collected and analyzed data on school dropouts. The Report on Student Dropout Rates provides an assessment of the progress made by state and local school districts in their effort to reduce the number of school dropouts and increase the graduation rate. The annual data collection process employed in South Carolina reports students who leave school during a twelve-month period including those who leave over the summer. The process allows those who re-enroll during the collection period and remain in school to be excluded from the count. The 2016–17 dropout report consists of nine tables. Table 1 contains a comparison of the total number of dropouts with the total enrollment in grades nine through twelve. This comparison, called an “event rate,” shows the proportion of students who drop out in one year. The resulting percentage may be compared yearly as an indicator of progress. Tables 2 through 9 compare the number of dropouts with enrollment by ethnicity and gender categories in grades nine through twelve.Records, documents, and information made available by the agencies of the South Carolina state government or its subdivisions are made accessible through the South Carolina State Library Depository and are protected under U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and South Carolina state law (Title 30 and 60, S.C.C.L.). Distribution rights are determined by the agency or author and users should contact the aforementioned for more information.High school dropouts--South Carolina--StatisticsPeriodical