This publication, part of an ongoing effort by the Iowa Department of Education, contains data about the secondary school dropouts from public schools for fiscal year 1990 by state, size, category, merged area, and county, and the primary status of Iowa's 1989 public high school graduates one year after graduation by state, size code, and merged area. The publication is arranged according to the following topics: (1) fiscal 1990 secondary school dropout rate comparison of state enrollment categories and merged areas; (2) dropouts by sex; (3) grade distribution of dropouts for the state of Iowa; (4) dropouts by sex for the state of Iowa; (5) grade distribution of dropouts, and dropouts by sex for seven K-12 enrollment categories; (6) percentage of total enrollment versus percentage of total dropout population by enrollment categories; (7) grade distribution of dropouts, and dropouts by sex for 16 merged areas; (8) percentage of total enrollment versus percentage of total dropout population by merged area; (9) dropout information by county; (10) totals and percentages of dropouts by grade from 1970-1990; (11) graduate follow-up state totals for 1989; (12) graduate follow-ups according to size codes of K-12 enrollment; (13) graduate follow-ups according to merged areas; and (14) a 21-year composite of graduate totals and percents by primary status. (LLL)