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This chart shows the Pennsylvania counties with the highest dropout rates in the 2016-17 school year. and the overall state rate at the bottom. Cove-area school districts had substantially lower rates, as described in the accompanying story.
Of Pennsylvania's counties, 10 had dropout rates above the state average of 1.7 percent in 2016-17, according to data from the Pennsylvania State Data Center and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Males had higher dropout rates than females in nine of the 10 counties, while females had a slightly higher rate in Beaver County. Males accounted for 58.3 percent of all dropouts in Pennsylvania, compared to 41.7 percent of females.
The county with the lowest dropout rate was Cambria with a 0.5 percent dropout rate. Bucks, Montour, Union, Centre, and Washington counties rounded out the bottom of the list with dropout rates near 0.6 percent.
Specific Morrisons Cove dropout rates
Spring Cove School District
Students in grades 7-12: 857
Dropouts: 1
Dropout rate: 0.12 percent
Claysburg-Kimmel
School District
Students in grades 7-12: 406
Dropouts: 0
Dropout rate: 0 percent
Williamsburg Community School District
Students in grades 7-12: 214
Dropouts: 0
Dropout rate: 0 percent
Northern Bedford County School District
Students in grades 7-12: 422
Dropouts: 3
Dropout rate: 0.71 percent
Methodology
The latest data available from the state is for the 2016-17 school year.
This information collection provided a "snapshot"of the fall enrollment in grades 7 through 12 and the total number of dropouts in those grades throughout a single school year.
The following definitions apply:
Dropout – A student who, for any reason other than death, leaves school before graduation without transferring to another school/institution.
Dropout rate – An annual or "event" rate that measures the proportion of students enrolled who drop out during a single school year. The total number of dropouts for the school year is divided by the fall enrollment for the same year.
The total number of dropouts is counted for the 12-month period from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, but the total secondary enrollment was obtained on Oct. 1, a "snapshot" view.
Additional dropout data is available from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. For more information, visit: http://www.education.pa.gov/data-and-statistics.
Data is provided by the Pennsylvania State Data Center and the U.S. Census Bureau.
The PASDC has provided data products and services to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for three decades.
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