Library Guides: Statistical Data Sources: Education

Dropout Data

Iowa:

Iowa Dropout Rates
Dropouts by school district since 1991. State dropout rates - total, by race, by economic status.
Iowa Graduation Rates
Graduation rates by school district, building, and subgroup.
Graduation trend data.
State graduation rates - total, by race, by economic status.

National:

Status Dropout Rates Report (May 2018)
National Center for Education Statistics Report with national dropout rate data.
Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Ratesin the United States: 2018
is the recent (2018) and extensive (90 pages) NCES review of dropout trends and high school completion rates in the U.S. This is an excellent source for a deeper understanding of these national trends and how these statistics are reported.

National Center for Education Statistics
This is the main page for US national education statistics.
NCES: Data Tools
Provides access to data features such as:
- DataLab - online data analysis
- Public school, private school, and school district data
NCES: School District Search
NCES: Public School Search
Data.Gov - Education data
Links to over 450 education data sets. Click on 'data' to see the data set list.
U.S. Department of Education Public Data Listing
List of public data sets form the US Department of Education. Less friendly than the NCES site.