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Table VI-C1
SCHOOL YEAR DROPOUT RATES BY JTPA SERVICE DELIVERY AREA
FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE
1996-1997 School Year
 
            
  October 1996 Reported   Status  
SDA/COUNTY Enrollment* Dropouts Rate Unknown Rate
I OLYMPIC CONSORTIUM 16,990 749 4.4% 820 4.8%
  Clallam 3,528 127 3.6% 73 2.1%
  Jefferson 1,230 21 1.7% 22 1.8%
  Kitsap 12,232 601 4.9% 725 5.9%
II PACIFIC MT. CONSORTIUM 24,370 998 4.1% 1,029 4.2%
  Grays Harbor 4,188 181 4.3% 268 6.4%
  Lewis 4,385 224 5.1% 99 2.3%
  Mason 2,690 202 7.5% 61 2.3%
  Pacific 1,073 26 2.4% 45 4.2%
  Thurston 12,034 365 3.0% 556 4.6%
III NW SDA 16,402 859 5.2% 545 3.3%
  Island 2,875 166 5.8% 39 1.4%
  San Juan 548 26 4.7% 5 0.9%
  Skagit 5,512 457 8.3% 252 4.6%
  Whatcom 7,467 210 2.8% 249 3.3%
IV SNOHOMISH CO. SDA          
  Snohomish 27,020 807 3.0% 1,140 4.2%
V SEATTLE/KING CO. PIC          
  King 71,613 2,431 3.4% 2,806 3.9%
VI TACOMA/PIERCE CO. CONSORTIUM          
  Pierce 34,375 1,369 4.0% 1,798 5.2%
VII SW WASHINGTON CONSORTIUM 23,415 836 3.6% 1,397 6.0%
  Clark 17,517 517 3.0% 1,341 7.7%
  Cowlitz 5,262 291 5.5% 34 0.6%
  Skamania 453 24 5.3% 11 2.4%
  Wahkiakum 183 4 2.2% 11 6.0%
VIII PENTAD CONSORTIUM 13,439 748 5.6% 646 4.8%
  Adams 1,055 13 1.2% 101 9.6%
  Chelan 3,750 278 7.4% 209 5.6%
  Douglas 1,846 113 6.1% 63 3.4%
  Grant 4,519 237 5.2% 158 3.5%
  Okanogan 2,269 107 4.7% 115 5.1%
IX TRI-VALLEY CONSORTIUM 15,936 1,129 7.1% 1,340 8.4%
  Kittitas 1,478 37 2.5% 60 4.1%
  Klickitat 1,260 67 5.3% 37 2.9%
  Yakima 13,198 1,025 7.8% 1,243 9.4%
X EASTERN JOB TRAIN. PARTNERSHIP 10,094 347 3.4% 312 3.1%
  Asotin 1,179 64 5.4% 47 4.0%
  Columbia 295 15 5.1% 2 0.7%
  Ferry 365 10 2.7% 23 6.3%
  Garfield 142 3 2.1% 1 0.7%
  Lincoln 795 18 2.3% 25 3.1%
  Pend Oreille 778 19 2.4% 20 2.6%
  Stevens 2,271 68 3.0% 49 2.2%
  Walla Walla 2,726 113 4.1% 135 5.0%
  Whitman 1,543 37 2.4% 10 0.6%
XI BENTON-FRANKLIN SDA 11,261 394 3.5% 459 4.1%
  Benton 8,403 169 2.0% 145 1.7%
  Franklin 2,858 225 7.9% 314 11.0%
XII SPOKANE CITY/CO. CONSORTIUM          
  Spokane 22,144 1,268 5.7% 1,288 5.8%
WASHINGTON STATE TOTAL 287,059 11,935 4.2% 13,580 4.7%

* Due to a change in how dropouts are reported, the 1996-97 dropout rates are not strictly comparable with 
   the rates from prior years.
Source: Dropout Rates and Graduation Statistics by County, School Year 1996-97 State of Washington, 
   Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Last Updated on 3/3/2000
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