California Dropout Research Project

NOTE: On July 16, 2008 the California Department of Education first released data for 2006-07 using a new method of measuring dropouts and graduates based on individual student-level data (see: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr08/yr08rel94.asp). Subsequent data releases continue to be based on these methods (see: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/ssidguide08.asp) CDRP Statistical Briefs 1 through 10 are based on data from 2005-06.

#12: Ten-year Trends in California's Dropout and Graduation Rates (PDF)
Russell Rumberger (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Downloads: 230

#11: Ethnic and Gender Differences in California High School Graduation Rates (PDF)
Russell Rumberger and Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Downloads: 688

#10: What Happened to Dropouts From the High School Class of 2004? (PDF)
Russell Rumberger and Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: September 11, 2008; Updated: September 29, 2008
Downloads: 934

• Press Release: "More Than One-Third of California's Dropouts Eventually Finish High School"
• Los Angeles Times: Some California dropouts finish high school but don't succeed beyond, study finds

#9: When Do California Students Drop Out of School? (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Downloads: 737

#8: Which California School Districts Have the Most Dropouts? (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: February 21, 2008
Downloads: 1958

Supplemental Tables for Statistical Brief #8:
To view a list of California school districts that can be sorted by county, district, number of schools, enrollment, number of dropouts, and dropout rates visit: http://www.lmri.ucsb.edu/dropouts/sb8table.php.

#7: Which California Schools Have the Most Dropouts? (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: February 21, 2008
Downloads: 2100

Supplemental Tables for Statistical Brief #7:
To view a list of California schools that can be sorted by county, district, school, enrollment, number of dropouts, and dropout rates visit: http://www.lmri.ucsb.edu/dropouts/sb7table.php.

#6: Alternative Education Enrollment and Dropouts in California High Schools (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
REVISED: December 20, 2007 (Original Release Date: October 2007)
Downloads: 496

#5: Educational and Economic Consequences for Students Who Drop Out of High School (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Downloads: 959 (since October 5, 2007)

#4: What is California's High School Graduation Rate? (PDF)
Russell W. Rumberger (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Downloads: 1004 (since October 5, 2007)

#3: Early Predictors of High School Graduation and Dropout (PDF)
Russell W. Rumberger (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: June 2007
Downloads: 874 (since October 5, 2007)

#2: Why Students Drop Out of High School: Comparisons from Three National Surveys (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: May 2007
Downloads: 1033 (since October 5, 2007)

#1: Graduation and Dropout Rates for 2002 High School Sophomores (PDF)
Susan Rotermund (UC Santa Barbara)
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Downloads: 393 (since October 5, 2007)

Select list of media related to Statistical Briefs #7 & #8:

• Press Release: One Hundred California High Schools Account for More Than 40% of the State's Dropouts

• Sacramento Bee
2/21: Editorial – “The Real Dropout Problem Remains Out of View”
2/21: “Dropout Report Hits Non-Traditional Sites”

“California Schools with the Highest Dropouts Listed”

“Dropout Data Show Most Kids Stay in School”

“Dropouts Clustered at 100 State Schools”