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Dropout Rates 1996 - 1997
- Dropout Rates in Massachusetts Public Schools: 1996-97
- Annual Dropout Rates by School and District
- Projected Four-Year Dropout Rates by District
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
| Agawam | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 9 |
| Amesbury | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Andover | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Arlington | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Ashland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Attleboro | 24 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 19 |
| Auburn | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Avon | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ayer | 13 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 2 |
| Barnstable | 14 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 20 |
| Bedford | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Belchertown | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Bellingham | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Belmont | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Beverly | 11 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 20 |
| Billerica | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Boston | 27 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 30 |
| Bourne | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 4 |
| Braintree | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Brockton | 30 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
| Brookline | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Burlington | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Cambridge | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| Canton | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Carver | -- | 13 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
| Chatham | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Chelmsford | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Chelsea | 30 | 40 | 27 | 25 | 14 |
| Chicopee | 20 | 20 | 14 | 40 | 23 |
| Clinton | 11 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 22 |
| Cohasset | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Danvers | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Dartmouth | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Dedham | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 15 |
| Douglas | 7 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 7 |
| Dracut | 10 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 |
| Duxbury | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| East Bridgewater | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Easthampton | 14 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 20 |
| East Longmeadow | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Easton | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Everett | 18 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| Fairhaven | 11 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 19 |
| Fall River | 29 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 16 |
| Falmouth | 14 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 24 |
| Fitchburg | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Foxborough | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Framingham | 12 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 14 |
| Franklin | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| Gardner | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Georgetown | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| Gloucester | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Grafton | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 15 |
| Granby | 2 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| Greenfield | 25 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 22 |
| Hadley | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Hanover | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Harvard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harwich | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Hatfield | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Haverhill | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Hingham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Holbrook | 2 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| Holliston | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Holyoke | 28 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 33 |
| Hopedale | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Hopkinton | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Hudson | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| Hull | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 |
| Ipswich | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Lawrence | 40 | 44 | 30 | 23 | 33 |
| Lee | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Leicester | 9 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 10 |
| Lenox | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Leominster | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 15 |
| Lexington | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Littleton | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Longmeadow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lowell | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Ludlow | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| Lunenburg | 7 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 10 |
| Lynn | 25 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 16 |
| Lynnfield | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Malden | 8 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 13 |
| Manchester | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Mansfield | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| Marblehead | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Marlborough | 9 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 16 |
| Marshfield | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Maynard | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Medfield | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Medford | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Medway | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Melrose | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Methuen | 20 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| Middleborough | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Milford | 8 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| Millbury | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| Millis | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Milton | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Monson | 8 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Nantucket | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Natick | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Needham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| New Bedford | 36 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| Newburyport | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 |
| Newton | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| North Adams | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| Northampton | 13 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| North Andover | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
| North Attleborough | 11 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 17 |
| Northbridge | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| North Brookfield | 7 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 26 |
| North Reading | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Norton | 11 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| Norwell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Norwood | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Oxford | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Palmer | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Peabody | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 20 |
| Pittsfield | 23 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 22 |
| Plymouth | -- | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| Provincetown | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Randolph | 9 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 8 |
| Reading | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Revere | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Rockland | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Rockport | 6 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 |
| Salem | 23 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
| Sandwich | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Saugus | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Scituate | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Seekonk | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Sharon | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Shrewsbury | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Somerset | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Somerville | 22 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 23 |
| Southbridge | 34 | 34 | 22 | 34 | 26 |
| South Hadley | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Springfield | 34 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 18 |
| Stoneham | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Stoughton | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Sutton | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| Swampscott | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Swansea | 9 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Taunton | 24 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| Tewksbury | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| Tyngsborough | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Uxbridge | 11 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Wakefield | 11 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| Walpole | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Waltham | 11 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 12 |
| Ware | 18 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 25 |
| Wareham | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| Watertown | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Wayland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Webster | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
| Wellesley | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Westborough | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| West Boylston | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| West Bridgewater | 15 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
| Westfield | 19 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 11 |
| Westford | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Weston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Westport | 11 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| West Springfield | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| Westwood | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Weymouth | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
| Wilmington | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Winchendon | 21 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 14 |
| Winchester | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Winthrop | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| Woburn | -- | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Worcester | 27 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 25 |
| Northampton-Smith | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| Worcester Trade Complex | 17 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| City on a Hill CS | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 |
| Lowell Middlesex Acad CS | -- | -- | -- | 58 | 92 |
| 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 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 24 |
| YouthBuild Boston CS | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 |
| Acton-Boxborough | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Adams-Cheshire | 14 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| Amherst-Pelham | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| Ashburnham-Westminster | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Athol-Royalston | 16 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 21 |
| Berkshire Hills | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Berlin-Boylston | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Blackstone-Millville | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Central Berkshire | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| Concord-Carlisle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | 9 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| Dighton-Rehoboth | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Dover-Sherborn | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dudley-Charlton Reg | 15 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 16 |
| Nauset | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Freetown-Lakeville | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 22 |
| Frontier | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Gateway | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| Groton-Dunstable | 8 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| Gill-Montague | 13 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 20 |
| Hamilton-Wenham | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Hampden-Wilbraham | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Hampshire | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| King Philip | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Lincoln-Sudbury | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Marthas Vineyard | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Masconomet | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Mendon-Upton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Mount Greylock | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| Mohawk Trail | 9 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 20 |
| Narragansett | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 |
| Nashoba | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Northboro-Southboro | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| North Middlesex | 5 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| Old Rochester | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Pentucket | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Pioneer Valley | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| Plymouth-Carver | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Quabbin | 14 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 12 |
| Ralph C Mahar | 17 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 24 |
| Silver Lake | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Southern Berkshire | 12 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Southwick-Tolland | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| Spencer E Brookfield | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 13 |
| Tantasqua | 11 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Triton | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Wachusett | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Quaboag Regional | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Whitman-Hanson | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Assabet Valley | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blue Hills Voc | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| Bristol-Plymouth Voc Tech | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Cape Cod Reg Voc Tech | 30 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| Franklin County | 33 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 25 |
| Greater Fall River | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Greater Lawrence | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| Greater New Bedford | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 29 |
| Greater Lowell Voc Tec | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| S Middlesex Voc Tech Reg | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Minute Man Voc Tech | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| Montachusett Voc Tech | 17 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 18 |
| Northern Berkshire Voc | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Nashoba Valley Tech | 15 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 8 |
| Northeast Metro Voc | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| North Shore Reg Voc | 22 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
| Old Colony Voc Tech | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Pathfinder Voc Tech | 11 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 13 |
| Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Southeastern Reg Voc Tech | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 3 |
| South Shore Reg Voc Tech | 10 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| S Worcester County Voc | 11 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| Tri County | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| Upper Cape Cod Voc Tech | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| Whittier Voc | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Bristol County Agr | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Essex Agr Tech | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Norfolk County Agr | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 |