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Show Statistics Show Dropout Rate Increasing in Grand District The "dropout" ra!e in L''uh h't'Ji .'"iJi'i.'ls ran'-il fruin 10.5 to 17.4 in the mUA from 1:1 to r, M.rordinK to a rf-xrt on drop'iiit statistic.'! rtdcri ,fd tod:iy by th'- Stata )oard of Education. 1 Hidcr l fa) i'.'ir !!;; ' of th;? stjii::fiy, tf 10 tin'ni "dropout," is used to d striate "; ny student who cf scnt:nucJ .school for any reason other Wvm graduat'en, transfer, death, or release' for early admission to college or uni-vrsi'y uni-vrsi'y work." In (jeneral, it refers to any student who drops out of school before graduation from h'g'h school. The hiffh school dropout rafe is based on the number c students vhr "droo out." between be-tween the time (hey enroll in the !)lh grade and the fame iney wouiu nave raauaieu from high school. Tlio dropout rates referred to above are obtained by cal-ilati'iig cal-ilati'iig the difference between be-tween ''cumulative holding power," (the 'percentage cf 9th grade enrollees who slay in school to graduate) and total enrollment of 100 per cent. Thus the cumulative holding 'power of all Utah school? from 1903-04 to 19G6-G7 W33 2.G per cent. Fr.r the period frrm ltfi.") to 17-C3 it vvw fi.3.5 per cent, and for the period from 19"5-S6 to 19C3-G9 it was 82.6 per cent aga;n. Tiis prwtr ff.r tha three perils ranges from a low of 4 1.5 in Dag;reU D strict t,.r the 19S59 period to 100 per cent for Morgan, Tintic and Sou'h Summit districts in selected years. The holding power in Gran' District was 55 1 per cent from 19M-67; 71.1 per cent In 1905-68, and 62.8 per cent in 1966-69. The study also notes that: Students who drop out tend to have prnr or failing grades. Only eight tenths of one per cent are "A" students while more tnan inatt (via per cent) have failing grades. Nearly 65 per cent of the dropouts were absent 51 days or more. That nearly 89 per cent of the dropouts were enrolled in "general" education programs. pro-grams. The most often listed reasons rea-sons for dropping out were "disllike of school," 27.5 per tent; "marriage," 24.4 per cent; "behavorial difficulty," 11,8 per cent, and "academic difficultly,", 9.9 per cent. "Em" 'ploymenit" was feted by 4.3 ;per cent, .and "pregnancy" by 3 per cent |