Dropout Report
This dataset provides the number and percentage Massachusetts public high school students who dropped out of high school since 2008. It also includes the percentage of dropouts by grade.
Dropout rate is calculated as the percentage of students in a given grade who dropped out of school between July 1 and June 30 prior to the listed year and who did not return to school by the following October 1. Dropouts are defined as students who leave school prior to graduation for reasons other than transfer to another school. Dropout rates are not reported for any student group where the number of students is less than 6.
Economically Disadvantaged was used 2015-2021. Low Income was used prior to 2015, and a different version of Low Income has been used since 2022. Please see the <a href="https://www.doe.mass.edu/research/researchers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DESE Researcher's Guide</a> for more information.
This dataset contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
<a href="https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/dropout.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dropout Report</a>
Querying over HTTP
Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on
this data to power Web applications. For example:
curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
SELECT *
FROM \"educationtocareer-data-mass-gov/dropout-report-cmm7-ttbg\".\"dropout_report\"
LIMIT 100
"}
EOFSee the Splitgraph documentation
for more information.
