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Dropout Rates 1996 - 1997

Projected Four-Year Dropout Rates by District

District Class of
1996 Rate
(%)		 Class of
1997 Rate
(%)		 Class of
1998 Rate
(%)		 Class of
1999 Rate
(%)		 Class of
2000 Rate
(%)
Abington2 811 612
Agawam12121513 9
Amesbury 9111616 8
Andover3 3 6 5 2
Arlington 3 8 6 5 7
Ashland0 0 0 1 0
Attleboro 2425292219
Auburn 2 5 6 0 2
Avon 0 8 0 5 5
Ayer 13211618 2
Barnstable 1420192320
Bedford1 5 5 3 1
Belchertown 5 91010 9
Bellingham810 3 6 7
Belmont2 2 3 6 3
Beverly1123222420
Billerica 3 6 6 6 5
Boston2727292630
Bourne 7 81211 4
Braintree 4 7 5 6 6
Brockton 3028302520
Brookline 2 2 1 0 0
Burlington 2 5 1 4 6
Cambridge 16131513 8
Canton 4 7 3 0 4
Carver-- 13171614
Chatham510121012
Chelmsford 2 3 5 2 3
Chelsea 3040272514
Chicopee 2020144023
Clinton 1123132522
Cohasset 0 0 3 0 0
Danvers4 9 711 6
Dartmouth 4 9 3 4 7
Dedham 31215 515
Douglas7 9 717 7
Dracut10 7 71511
Duxbury2 3 3 1 1
East Bridgewater 7 5111212
Easthampton 1418151620
East Longmeadow 3 5 2 2 1
Easton 2 3 4 3 3
Everett 1814131515
Fairhaven 1117222219
Fall River 2923212716
Falmouth 1421172024
Fitchburg 1213 811 6
Foxborough 613 6 711
Framingham 121214 914
Franklin4 4 8 9 5
Gardner11 91012 9
Georgetown5 5 4 413
Gloucester15151012 9
Grafton41015 715
Granby 2 8 911 6
Greenfield2527221922
Hadley 0 5 0 9 5
Hanover2 2 3 3 3
Harvard0 1 0 0 0
Harwich411 312 6
Hatfield12 0 0 9 5
Haverhill1311141415
Hingham0 1 0 3 1
Holbrook210 118 9
Holliston2 1 4 1 1
Holyoke2832291933
Hopedale4 2 8 5 0
Hopkinton0 2 6 4 5
Hudson 7 91112 6
Hull 5 315 715
Ipswich31010 911
Lawrence 4044302333
Lee 2 0 7 9 4
Leicester 91222 910
Lenox 1 2 0 3 3
Leominster 2017181915
Lexington 0 1 7 3 2
Littleton 111 0 1 3
Longmeadow 2 0 0 2 0
Lowell111210 911
Ludlow 6 7101310
Lunenburg 719151710
Lynn 2532262516
Lynnfield 3 4 4 4 6
Malden 824252413
Manchester 9 2 5 4 8
Mansfield 7 811 114
Marblehead 1 2 1 3 1
Marlborough 91611 916
Marshfield 5 7 6 5 6
Maynard 1414 71010
Medfield 0 1 2 2 0
Medford5 710 810
Medway 2 5 4 7 9
Melrose2 4 3 5 5
Methuen 2015 51115
Middleborough91410 710
Milford81512 811
Millbury 15 9 8 826
Millis 3 5 0 1 3
Milton 1 4 4 4 4
Monson 8 0 61010
Nantucket 6 8 7 4 7
Natick 2 4 6 4 3
Needham1 1 0 2 2
New Bedford 3631333231
Newburyport 1414171413
Newton 2 5 4 3 4
North Adams 1514111114
Northampton 1320 51018
North Andover4 5 412 7
North Attleborough111017 917
Northbridge 7 7 511 9
North Brookfield 715242126
North Reading4 2 4 5 2
Norton1116 91014
Norwell2 2 0 2 1
Norwood711 7 7 9
Oxford 2 5 5 212
Palmer 6 6 7 5 5
Peabody1116141420
Pittsfield 2325212622
Plymouth-- 7 71120
Provincetown1212 3 0 0
Quincy 7 6 4 4 6
Randolph 9171523 8
Reading 10 7 4 5 6
Revere14161514 9
Rockland 611121214
Rockport 611 914 9
Salem 2318202223
Sandwich 4 8 4 6 8
Saugus 412111111
Scituate 3 3 3 5 1
Seekonk4 6 5 511
Sharon 1 4 3 2 4
Shrewsbury 914 8 810
Somerset 512 8 6 7
Somerville 2228292223
Southbridge 3434223426
South Hadley 1 1 4 2 5
Springfield 3425371118
Stoneham 4 3 2 3 2
Stoughton 91212 5 5
Sutton 4 5 7 216
Swampscott 1 9 8 6 5
Swansea9 0 81012
Taunton 2414 912 9
Tewksbury 8 9 7 612
Tyngsborough 5 4 3 1 0
Uxbridge 1119 6 510
Wakefield 11 9 513 2
Walpole2 1 5 5 2
Waltham 1114131912
Ware 1817241625
Wareham4 9101223
Watertown 1011 9 7 8
Wayland0 1 1 1 2
Webster 1116161212
Wellesley 1 2 2 3 1
Westborough 5 5 8 4 6
West Boylston3 0 7 2 6
West Bridgewater 151514 813
Westfield 1916212011
Westford 1 6 3 2 3
Weston 0 1 1 1 0
Westport 1113 61216
West Springfield 1614141215
Westwood 0 1 2 4 2
Weymouth 1011 91115
Wilmington 8 4 7 8 9
Winchendon 2120211114
Winchester 2 2 1 0 1
Winthrop 113 7 415
Woburn-- 4 9 4 5
Worcester 2730282725
Northampton-Smith 10101212 6
Worcester Trade Complex 1718 026 3
City on a Hill CS------ 0 0
Lowell Middlesex Acad CS------5892
Martha's Vineyard CS-------- 0
Mass Acad Math & Science------ 0 0
Northstar CS-------- 42
Francis W Parker CS-------- 0
Pioneer Valley CS-------- 0
South Shore CS------ 024
YouthBuild Boston CS-------- 0
Acton-Boxborough 1 3 2 5 5
Adams-Cheshire 1420162018
Amherst-Pelham 1313151013
Ashburnham-Westminster 911 7 8 5
Athol-Royalston 1625221821
Berkshire Hills 8 6 6 6 8
Berlin-Boylston 3 7 5 514
Blackstone-Millville 1516161618
Bridgewater-Raynham1 6 6 5 8
Central Berkshire 811 6 512
Concord-Carlisle 0 1 2 1 1
Dennis-Yarmouth 916162018
Dighton-Rehoboth 4 6 7 8 6
Dover-Sherborn 0 2 3 0 0
Dudley-Charlton Reg 1523201716
Nauset 9 9 5 8 6
Freetown-Lakeville 610131222
Frontier 3 7 5 1 3
Gateway 1013 51012
Groton-Dunstable 812 712 5
Gill-Montague 1316151920
Hamilton-Wenham 3 3 4 3 3
Hampden-Wilbraham 4 7 7 6 5
Hampshire 911 9 6 9
King Philip 5 3 4 8 6
Lincoln-Sudbury 2 2 2 2 1
Marthas Vineyard 10 911 9 7
Masconomet 7 6 7 5 9
Mendon-Upton 0 0 4 2 5
Mount Greylock 5 6 61012
Mohawk Trail 9 9 61720
Narragansett1014151613
Nashoba412 7 6 6
Northboro-Southboro3 5 3 6 7
North Middlesex 5 61513 8
Old Rochester5 5 1 1 3
Pentucket4 4 5 5 5
Pioneer Valley41611 9 4
Plymouth-Carver11--------
Quabbin1412 91512
Ralph C Mahar1715191724
Silver Lake 9 9 9 3 9
Southern Berkshire12 614 8 6
Southwick-Tolland 101114 9 6
Spencer E Brookfield 1014171913
Tantasqua 111511 811
Triton11 6 9 9 8
Wachusett 8 4 4 4 8
Quaboag Regional 1612111511
Whitman-Hanson 8 610 9 5
Assabet Valley 1016161614
8 4 1 0 1
Blue Hills Voc 6 7 0 610
Bristol-Plymouth Voc Tech4 5 7 710
Cape Cod Reg Voc Tech 3018 81219
Franklin County 3331 71625
Greater Fall River 311 5 7 1
Greater Lawrence 15151313 8
Greater New Bedford1 7121629
Greater Lowell Voc Tec 1111111111
S Middlesex Voc Tech Reg 8 0 6 7 4
Minute Man Voc Tech3 411 3 6
Montachusett Voc Tech 1724162418
Northern Berkshire Voc 1 2 6 3 2
Nashoba Valley Tech 151416 2 8
Northeast Metro Voc6 5 8 311
North Shore Reg Voc 2214121114
Old Colony Voc Tech6 610 8 3
Pathfinder Voc Tech 11 4 71413
Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech911 9 910
Southeastern Reg Voc Tech 12151818 3
South Shore Reg Voc Tech102012 8 9
S Worcester County Voc 1116 5 816
Tri County 6101112 5
Upper Cape Cod Voc Tech 0 61112 5
Whittier Voc 7 5 8 8 8
Bristol County Agr18 6 5 1 1
Essex Agr Tech 10 7121211
Norfolk County Agr 0 6 0 0 5
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