High School Dropout Rate: Males vs. Females

	Males	Females
1967	16.5	17.3
1968	15.8	16.5
1969	14.3	16
1970	14.2	15.7
1971	14.2	15.2
1972	14.1	15.1
1973	13.7	14.5
1974	14.2	14.3
1975	13.3	14.5
1976	14.1	14.2
1977	14.5	13.8
1978	14.6	13.9
1979	15	14.2
1980	15.1	13.1
1981	15.1	12.8
1982	14.5	13.3
1983	14.9	12.5
1984	14	12.3
1985	13.4	11.8
1986	13.1	11.4
1987	13.2	12.1
1988	13.5	12.2
1989	13.6	11.7
1990	12.3	11.8
1991	13	11.9
1992	11.3	10.7
1993	11.2	10.9
1994	12.3	10.6
1995	12.2	11.7
1996	11.4	10.9
1997	11.9	10.1
1998	13.3	10.3
1999	11.9	10.5
2000	12	9.9
2001	12.2	9.3
2002	11.8	9.2
2003	11.3	8.4
2004	11.6	9
2005	10.8	8
2006	10.3	8.3
2007	9.8	7.7
2008	8.5	7.5
2009	9.1	7
2010	8.5	6.3

High school dropout rate (%)

Sources: nces.ed.gov