Civic Report No. 42 July 2004

Table 8. Annual Dropout Rate (Percent of High School Population)
	dropout Rate				Difference
Year	New York City	Other Cities	Rest of NY State	Total NY State	NYC vs. Rest of NY State
1982–83	12.5%	7.0%	3.3%	6.5%	9.2%
1983–84	11.0%	7.8%	3.3%	6.1%	7.7%
1984–85	9.5%	7.0%	3.3%	5.6%	6.2%
1985–86	8.3%	7.1%	3.2%	5.1%	5.1%
1986–87	8.2%	6.7%	3.1%	5.0%	5.1%
1987–88	8.4%	7.5%	3.1%	5.2%	5.3%
1988–89	8.7%	7.7%	3.0%	5.3%	5.7%
1989–90	7.8%	7.7%	2.8%	4.9%	5.0%
1990–91	7.1%	6.5%	2.5%	4.4%	4.6%
1991–92	7.2%	6.2%	2.3%	4.0%	4.9%
1992–93	6.0%	5.8%	2.3%	3.9%	3.7%
1993–94	6.3%	6.0%	2.4%	4.1%	3.9%
1994–95	6.7%	5.2%	2.4%	4.1%	4.3%
1995–96	5.8%	4.3%	2.1%	3.6%	3.7%
1996–97	5.3%	4.6%	2.1%	3.4%	3.2%
1997–98	5.5%		2.2%	3.5%	3.3%
1998–99	7.1%		2.3%	4.1%	4.8%
1999–2000	7.0%		2.3%	4.0%	4.7%
2000–01	6.5%		2.2%	3.8%	4.3%
2001–02	11.2%		2.5%	5.7%	8.7%
Change
1982–2001	-1.3%		-0.8%	-0.8%
Pct. Change	-10.4%		-24.2%	-12.3%
Source: New York State Education Department

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