John Hopkins University Out…
with a report looking at just Denver Public School students in the high school and middle school grades in the 2006-2007 school year.
One in ten were new students. 42% were ESL students, and most dropouts came from the ninth grade.
They found only 7% were close to meeting graduation standards.
61% of students who dropped out had over 20 absences, while only 35% wound up graduating.
77% of 9th graders who dropped out had at least one F grade.
