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Dropouts (Number) – 2004/05 to 2011/12

Data Provided by: Florida KIDS COUNT
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Definitions: The number of public school students who withdraws from school for any reason cited in statute without transferring to another school, home education program, or adult education program. Dropout classifications used for data collection include, but are not limited to, voluntary withdrawal from school prior to graduation (i.e., after passing the age of compulsory school attendance), failure to meet attendance requirements due to excessive absenteeism, discontinued attendance with whereabouts unknown, and failure to enter/attend school as expected after having registered.

Data Source: Division of Accountability Research & Measurement, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, FL

Florida Grantee

Florida KIDS COUNT Department of Child & Family Studies
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33612

813.974.7411
weitzel@usf.edu
http://www.floridakidscount.org

Susan Weitzel, Director