| Table 1-9 |
| On-time graduation rates of U.S. public high school students, by race/ethnicity: 2006 and 2009 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| Race/ethnicity |
2006 |
2009 |
| |
| All students |
73.2 |
75.5 |
| White |
80.6 |
82.0 |
| Black |
59.1 |
63.5 |
| Hispanic |
61.4 |
65.9 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
89.9 |
91.8 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
61.8 |
64.8 |
| |
NOTE: On-time high school graduation rate is percentage of entering ninth graders who graduated 4 years later.
SOURCES: Stillwell R, Hoffman L. Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005–06, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NCES 2008-353rev (2008); Stillwell R, Sable J, Plotts C, Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES 2011-312 (2011).
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