advertisement | your ad here
 
 
State School Dropout Rate Climbs
Monday, May 21, 2012    
Share Email Bookmark
The rate jumped over one percent in several years

(AP) - Ohio's dropout rate increased between 2002 and 2009 at a higher rate than all other states except Illinois.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Ohio's dropout rate jumped from 3.1 percent to 4.2 percent in 2008-09.

Ohio's dropout numbers for 2009 are just slightly higher than the national average.