K-12 Dropouts and Graduation Rates

Parent: The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles

eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for April through July, 2026

ItemTitleTotal requestsDownloadView-only%Dnld
58p2c3wpWhy Students Drop Out of School and What Can Be Done1,29537392228.8%
4x44w1qhLosing Our Future: How Minority Youth are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis32819713160.1%
4ps2m2rfThe Dropout/Graduation Crisis Among American Indian and Alaska Native Students2088911942.8%
0hx1v4cwRevisiting the Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education: Lessons about Dropout Research and Dropout Prevention1944714724.2%
4h66294mConfronting the Graduation Rate Crisis in California1793514419.6%
5w70228vDo Higher State Test Scores In Texas Make For Better High School Outcomes?1685711133.9%
48m0122wConnecting Entrance and Departure: The Transition to Ninth Grade and High School Dropout1643612822.0%
9rw5h1c8Proposition 227 in California: A Long-Term Appraisal of Its Impact on Language Minority Student Achievement1615210932.3%
3z4802zqDropping Out of High School: The Role of School Organization and Structure155807551.6%
0g10k4nzEssential Components of High School Dropout Prevention Reforms136419530.1%
20p0b765Are Dropout Decisions Related to Safety Concerns, Social Isolation, and Teacher Disparagement?135587743.0%
2jf1g204High School Dropout, Race-Ethnicity and Social Background from the 1970s to the 1990s133637047.4%
09h2q55pThe National Dropout Data Collection System: Assessing Consistency129389129.5%
0ds627znDropouts in the South: Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis124438134.7%
6wx120ptHow Many Central City High Schools Have A Severe Dropout Problem, Where Are They Located, and Who Attends Them? Initial Estimates Using the Common Core of Data121437835.5%
26m5j3drEasing the Transition to High School: An Investigation of Reform Practices to Promote Ninth Grade Success114546047.4%
40s4j031Career Academy Impacts for Students at High Risk of Dropping Out94405442.6%
2902g0q3The Grade Retention Fallacy93276629.0%
30j264wjMaking School Completion Integral to School Purpose and Design92345837.0%
26g6r1f5Making Do With Less: Interpreting the Evidence from Recent Federal Evaluations of Dropout-Prevention Programs70403057.1%

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