Draws on the Common Core of Data (CCD; National Center for Education Statistics) to present information on the number and percentage of students dropping out or completing school (among states that reported dropouts) for school years 1989-1999 and 1999-2000. Discusses differences between CCD and Current Population Survey dropout statistics. (SLD)

Explores alternatives for reporting state dropout data and high school completion rates based on Common Core of Data information. Analyses find that the major types of nonstandard dropout reporting practices have statistically significant, but different, effects on the size of state dropout rates. (Author/SLD)

This publication provides data on the number of student enrolled in elementary and secondary public schools in 2001-2002 by grade and race/ethnicity. It also includes the number of staff members paid to teach, supervise, and provide support services, and the number of students who graduated from high school in 2000-2001. In the 2001-2002 school…

Presents major findings from the analysis of public high school dropout and 4-year completion rate data using data from the Common Core of Data. Between 1993-1994 and 1997-1998, the high school dropout rates were between 4% and 7% in almost two-thirds of reporting states. White and Asian/Pacific Islander students were less likely to drop out than…

Two of the most important indicators of the educational system's success are the rates that young people complete and drop out of school each year. The Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annually collects information about public school dropouts and completers. This report presents the…

Provides national and state data for public elementary and secondary schools in 2000-2001 taken from the Common Core of Data (National Center for Education Statistics). Contains information on enrollment, teacher and staff numbers, graduates, and racial and ethnic backgrounds of students. (SLD)

Describes characteristics of the 100 largest school districts, such as number and average size of schools, pupil/teacher ratios, number of high school completers, number of special education students, and minority enrollment. Data are from the Common Core of Data (National Center for Education Statistics). (SLD)

Provides descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts, including average and median school size, pupil/teacher ratios, number of high school graduates, number of pupils receiving special education services, and minority enrollment as a proportion of total enrollment. (Author/SLD)

This publication provides basic descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts (ranked by student membership) in the United States and jurisdictions (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense Schools, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). Almost one in every four public-school…

This report examines data from the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data (CCD) on public high school dropout and four-year completion rates. The four-year completion rate is the proportion of students who leave school from grades 9-12 as completers. The CCD four-year completion rate is limited to public school data from…

This report, eighth in a series, provides information about the 100 largest school districts in the United States and outlying areas during the 1995-96 school year and revenues and expenditures for the 1995 fiscal year. The information was provided by state education agencies to the National Center for Education Statistics for the Common Core of…