K-12 Dropouts and Graduation Rates

Parent: The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles

eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for May through August, 2026

ItemTitleTotal requestsDownloadView-only%Dnld
58p2c3wpWhy Students Drop Out of School and What Can Be Done1,4073711,03626.4%
4x44w1qhLosing Our Future: How Minority Youth are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis37326111270.0%
0hx1v4cwRevisiting the Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education: Lessons about Dropout Research and Dropout Prevention1894214722.2%
4ps2m2rfThe Dropout/Graduation Crisis Among American Indian and Alaska Native Students1877011737.4%
3z4802zqDropping Out of High School: The Role of School Organization and Structure184968852.2%
4h66294mConfronting the Graduation Rate Crisis in California1743314119.0%
48m0122wConnecting Entrance and Departure: The Transition to Ninth Grade and High School Dropout1562712917.3%
0g10k4nzEssential Components of High School Dropout Prevention Reforms144469831.9%
9rw5h1c8Proposition 227 in California: A Long-Term Appraisal of Its Impact on Language Minority Student Achievement141459631.9%
2jf1g204High School Dropout, Race-Ethnicity and Social Background from the 1970s to the 1990s137498835.8%
5w70228vDo Higher State Test Scores In Texas Make For Better High School Outcomes?126359127.8%
09h2q55pThe National Dropout Data Collection System: Assessing Consistency125418432.8%
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 Data121408133.1%
0ds627znDropouts in the South: Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis118368230.5%
20p0b765Are Dropout Decisions Related to Safety Concerns, Social Isolation, and Teacher Disparagement?113486542.5%
26m5j3drEasing the Transition to High School: An Investigation of Reform Practices to Promote Ninth Grade Success103505348.5%
40s4j031Career Academy Impacts for Students at High Risk of Dropping Out90325835.6%
2902g0q3The Grade Retention Fallacy81206124.7%
30j264wjMaking School Completion Integral to School Purpose and Design77294837.7%
26g6r1f5Making Do With Less: Interpreting the Evidence from Recent Federal Evaluations of Dropout-Prevention Programs64343053.1%

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