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Dropout Rates (Percent) – 2008

Data Provided by: MS KIDS COUNT

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Scale: 0.0% - 42.4%


Mississippi	16.0%
Aberdeen	9.4%
Alcorn	19.2%
Amite County	37.3%
Amory	9.3%
Attala County	14.6%
Baldwyn	17.0%
Bay St. Louis	24.9%
Benoit	5.2%
Benton County	31.5%
Biloxi	15.9%
Booneville	6.9%
Brookhaven	16.4%
Calhoun County	9.6%
Canton	10.8%
Carroll County	25.6%
Chickasaw County	0.0%
Choctaw County	9.1%
Claiborne County	3.4%
Clarksdale	11.9%
Clay	N.A.
Cleveland	21.3%
Clinton	15.2%
Coahoma AHS	38.6%
Coahoma County	19.2%
Coffeeville	17.4%
Columbia	17.0%
Columbus	14.5%
Copiah County	13.3%
Corinth	11.4%
Covington County	15.9%
DeSoto County	5.3%
Drew	25.4%
Durant	22.2%
East Jasper	15.7%
East Tallahatchie	18.6%
Enterprise	2.4%
Forest City	26.1%
Forrest AHS	21.8%
Forrest County	10.3%
Franklin County	23.2%
George County	22.5%
Greene County	16.2%
Greenville	22.7%
Greenwood	24.1%
Grenada	23.5%
Gulfport	10.6%
Hancock County	18.3%
Harrison County	17.0%
Hattiesburg	11.2%
Hazlehurst City	13.1%
Hinds AHS	21.7%
Hinds County	18.8%
Hollandale	17.0%
Holly Springs	17.0%
Holmes County	13.6%
Houston Separate	25.6%
Humphreys County	24.6%
Indianola	23.6%
Itawamba County	13.4%
Jackson County	16.1%
Jackson Public	17.6%
Jeff.Davis Co.	18.5%
Jefferson Co.	11.1%
Jones County	19.0%
Kemper County	38.4%
Kosciusko	4.3%
Lafayette Co.	9.6%
Lamar County	14.1%
Lauderdale Co.	14.1%
Laurel	30.9%
Lawrence Co.	14.3%
Leake County	12.6%
Lee County	22.7%
Leflore County	21.5%
Leland	5.6%
Lincoln County	13.0%
Long Beach	7.5%
Louisville	16.5%
Lowndes County	18.3%
Lumberton	30.9%
Madison	8.4%
Marion County	18.3%
Marshall County	27.7%
McComb	26.3%
Meridian	19.7%
Monroe County	11.4%
Montgomery Co.	14.3%
Moss Point	18.9%
Mound Bayou	15.4%
Natchez-Adams	18.3%
Neshoba County	20.2%
Nettleton	24.5%
New Albany	6.8%
Newton City	22.0%
Newton County	16.0%
North Bolivar	12.1%
North Panola	42.4%
North Pike	17.7%
North Tippah	10.0%
Noxubee County	8.9%
Ocean Springs	10.3%
Okolona Separate	18.7%
Oktibbeha Co.	19.7%
Oxford	6.2%
Pascagoula	15.3%
Pass Christian	4.4%
Pearl	13.1%
Pearl River Co	20.5%
Perry County	10.4%
Petal	11.3%
Philadelphia	8.9%
Picayune	22.8%
Pontotoc City	8.0%
Pontotoc County	6.9%
Poplarville	18.0%
Prentiss County	14.7%
Quitman	11.1%
Quitman County	28.6%
Rankin County	13.4%
Richton	5.4%
Scott County	18.5%
Senatobia	2.2%
Shaw	21.4%
Simpson County	16.3%
Smith County	14.0%
South Delta	31.9%
South Panola	6.0%
South Pike	23.1%
South Tippah	23.2%
Starkville	26.0%
Stone County	7.6%
Sunflower County	17.1%
Tate County	14.4%
Tishomingo Co.	10.5%
Tunica County	22.9%
Tupelo	19.7%
Union City	14.3%
Union County	9.7%
Vicksburg-Warren	14.3%
Walthall Co.	9.4%
Water Valley	26.1%
Wayne County	14.7%
Webster County	15.7%
West Bolivar	9.9%
West Jasper	22.8%
West Point	18.3%
West Tallahatchie	27.7%
Western Line	20.9%
Wilkinson Co.	18.4%
Winona	10.2%
Yazoo City	25.7%
Yazoo County	26.1%

Definitions: Self-reported (by school district) 4-year cohort dropout rates.

Data Source: Mississippi Department of Education. Available at: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Dropout_Prevention/rate_information.html

Footnotes: Rates for very small cohorts should be interpreted with caution. MS School for Math and Science and MS School for the Arts are not included in the tables or maps. Agricultural high schools are not included in the maps.

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Mississippi State, MS 39762

662-325-4801
Ronald.Cossman@ssrc.msstate.edu
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A division of the SSRC at Mississippi State University, the Family and Children Research Unit (FCRU) conducts research on issues affecting the health, safety, and well-being of children and families.

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