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It is estimated 1.2 million students annually drop out of high school in the United States, where high school graduation rates rank 19th in the world. Reasons are varied and may include: to find employment, avoid bullying, family emergency, poor grades, depression and other mental illnesses, unexpected pregnancy, bad environment, lack of freedom, and boredom.
The Grade 9 longitudinal dropout rate for the Class of 2013 cohort was at 6.6 percent, which was an increase of 0.3 percentage points from 2012, showing Asian students at 3.0 percent, white students at 3.5 percent, Hispanic students at 8.2 percent and black students at 9.9 percent.Out of 328,584 students in the Class of 2013 Grade 9 cohort, 88 percent graduated. An additional 4.6 percent of students in the Class of 2013 continued in high school the fall after their anticipated graduation date and 0.8 percent went on to receive GED certificates,â according to the release.