Dropout Rates

Each year the California Department of Education calculates the dropout rate from local schools. There are two measurements for this rate: the 4-Year Derived Rate and the 1-Year Rate. The most commonly used is the 1-Year Rate which is calculated by totaling the number of dropouts from grades 9-12 and dividing that number by the total 9-12 enrollment.

The California Department of Education's DataQuest website houses the state's education data. With some information dating back to the early 1990s, local researchers can easily compare trends over time for students. This site offers dropout data for individual schools and districts, as well as, county and state information.

The following links are a small portion of the data available at this website. DataQuest is very user friendly and for those regularly using education data, we recommend becoming well acquainted with it.

Please credit California Department of Education for the information in this section.


Dropout Rates for Kern County by Grade and Ethnicity 2000-01new:
Dropout Rates for Kern County by Grade and Ethnicity 1999-00
Dropout Rates for Kern County by Grade and Ethnicity 1998-99
Dropout Rates for Kern County by Grade and Ethnicity 1997-98

Dropout Rates for All California Counties by Ethnicity 2000-01


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