1. Exploring Effective Practices & Embracing Solutions
Dropout Prevention & Student Engagement Summit
  Exploring Effective Practices & Embracing Solutions    

2. Percent of total dropouts by grade level - Colorado public schools
40%
37.4%
30%
23.7%
20%
17.3%
15.4%
10%
2.8%
3.4% 0%
7th Grade
8th Grade
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Aggregated data from , and academic years

3. Significant outcomes gaps exist by race/ethnicity…
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
70%
1.4%
3.3%
6.7%
27.0%
61.7%
Percent of Total Student Population**
60%
Percent of Total Dropouts
50%
2.4%
1.9%
9.7%
46.9%
39.2%
40%
30%
20%
10% 0%
54%
84%
64%
56%
81%
Graduation Rate
Notes: Numbers and rates are aggregated from , and Academic Years ** Students attending a Colorado public school as a 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grader

4. …and by Instructional Program Service Type (IPST)
40%
Percent of Total Student Population**
Percent of Total Dropouts
0.7%
8.7%
2.7%
6.3%
33.0%
14.6%
0.5%
6.6%
1.3%
8.8%
30.1%
7.8%
30%
20%
10% 0%
Limited English Proficient
Students with Disabilities
Free or Reduced Lunch
Migrant
Homeless
Title 1
57%
52%
46%
60%
Graduation Rate
Notes: * , and Academic Years ** Students attending a Colorado public school as a 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grader

5. Why Do Students Drop Out?
Life events Forces outside of school cause students to drop out
Fade Outs Students do okay in school but stop seeing a reason for staying
Push Outs Students who are or perceived to be detrimental to others in the school
Course Failure - Schools failing students
See “Education Reform” - Dropout Prevention” on the CDE Website –

6. Why Students Drop Out - Colorado
42% - Absent too many times
40% - Did not like school
35% - “Weren’t happy in school”
34% - Was bored in school
34% - Had trouble with math
18% - Got a job
14% - Needed money to help out at home
13% - Got pregnant or made someone pregnant
Source: NRSpro survey of 16 to 21 years old who took the GED test in Colorado in 2008 and Number of test takers 15,341. Rates are not mutually exclusive.

7. The Class of 2010
62,313 students (membership base for the 2010 graduation cohort)
45,144 graduates (72.4% On-time Graduation Rate)
17,169 students from the Class of 2010 did not graduate in 2010

8. The Class of 2010
62,313 total membership in the cohort
17,169 students from the Class of 2010 did not graduate in 2010
45,144 on-time graduates from the cohort

9. The Class of 2010 – who are these 17,169 “non-graduates”?
6,631 Still Enrolled
1,128 Exited to GED program w/o receiving GED
7,322 Unrecovered Dropouts
2,088 “Other Completers” (GED recipients)