Facts about dropouts About 7,000 students drop out per day in the United States High school

graduates are 8 times less likely to end up in jail High school dropouts make up 75% of all inmates About 72% of students that dropout are unemployed Every 26 seconds a student gives up on school On average only 58% of students in America's 50 largest cities graduate Dropouts on average make $200,000 in a lifetime HS Graduate can expect to earn $1,066,000 in lifetime; dropout $595,000 89.3 percent of Urbana High School Students Graduated in 2010-11 school year 22% of High School Dropouts collect welfare 82% of all America's prisoners are high school dropouts Over a 1/3 of dropouts are lost in 9th grade alone 8,300 students drop out each day High school dropout have a life-span that is 9 shorter than those who graduate 20 % of students in Ohio drop out Each year around 1.3 million students fail to graduate from high school 1 in 4 students dropout before they finish high school Over 25% of high school freshman do not graduate on time America's high school graduation ranks 19th world and 40 years ago ranked number 1 8 times more likely to go to prison High School Dropouts earn 19,000 compared to 28,000 for graduates High School Dropouts make of 68% of prison population Nearly 37% of dropouts come from poor/near poor families. 90% of the 11,000 youth in detention facilities do not have more than a 9th grade education Every year more than 700,000 students drop out In the US high school dropouts commit about 75 percent of the crimes In their lifetime make $200,000 less than high school graduate and $800,000 less than college graduates Dropouts make up nearly half the heads of households on welfare In the US those who dropout are not eligible for 90% of jobs 36% of dropouts occur in the 9th grade

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