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He was a high school dropout until the age of 23.

Why do you think the dropout rate is so high?

When you look at the high dropout rate, especially among our boys.

Too bad the author was a religious school dropout at age 10.

The dropout rate is more than four times that of the state.

The dropout rate in Chicago's public schools is about 45 percent.

At the beginning of the year, the Board said the dropout rate was 30.7 percent.

The school was not considered one of the city's best, and had a high dropout rate.

"On the other hand, they have a dropout problem, and this is another way to game the system."

The high school dropout rate rose past 13 percent last year.

Of course, we experience a higher dropout rate than the normal college.

The dropout rate at the primary level in 2006 was 22 percent.

My father, for his part, was a high school dropout who worked as a security guard.

As a whole, the district has most recently reported a 1.5 percent dropout rate.

It has helped cut the dropout rate at the school by more than half.

"Too many kids are turned off today - just look at the dropout rate."

Until this year, the 50 states have reported their dropout rates to Washington in almost as many different ways.

At the end of 1996, the dropout rate fell to 1.1 percent.

The dropout rate for such programs can otherwise be very high.

The problem is not like that of high school dropouts.

A typical student, she's a high school dropout, 25 years old with three children.

Still, the dropout rate, at 23.4 percent in 1995, is above the city average.

The 24- or 48-hour dropout is far more common than might be imagined.

While high dropout rates in the school system are a problem, positive action is being taken, as of 2009.

The other is a high school dropout from the Bronx.