Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Some MA Districts See High Percentage of Males Dropping Out

In 2010-11, Massachusetts had an overall annual dropout rate of 2.7%. The percentage of students dropping out, however, did vary at the district and individual school level as well as by subgroup. In particular, some districts/schools in the state are seeing a high percentage of male students dropping out each year. Below are the districts with a higher than 5% dropout rate for male students during school year 2010-11.

  • Athol-Royalston: 6%
  • Boston: 7.4%
  • Boston Collegiate Charter: 8.2%
  • Boston Day and Evening Charter: 43%
  • Brockton: 6.6%
  • Chelsea: 6.2%
  • Chicopee: 5.6%
  • Everett: 5.6%
  • Fairhaven: 6.7%
  • Fall River: 5.6%
  • Fitchburg: 8.5%
  • Gardner: 6.5%
  • Gill-Montague: 9%
  • Harwich: 10.5%
  • Haverhill: 8.1%
  • Holyoke: 10.2%
  • Lawrence: 9.8%
  • Littleton: 5.9%
  • Lowell: 9.6%
  • Lowell Middlesex Charter: 54.4%
  • Lynn: 5.4%
  • Martha's Vineyard Charter: 9.1%
  • New Bedford: 9.1%
  • North Adams: 6.7%
  • Palmer: 8.4%
  • Phoenix Charter: 38.2%
  • Provincetown: 11.1%
  • Ralph C Mahar: 7.4%
  • Revere: 5.4%
  • Saugus: 6.6%
  • Southbridge: 5.4%
  • Spirit of Knowledge Charter: 6.7%
  • Springfield: 13.3%
  • Taunton: 6.9%
  • Waltham: 5.6%
  • Ware: 6.5%
  • Wareham: 6%
  • Webster: 9.1%
  • Westport: 5.8%
  • West Springfield: 5.5%


*All Data Taken From: www.doe.mass.edu

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