That 6.42 percent is equivalent to 188 students, out of an enrollment of 2928 at Northwestern High.
The annual dropout rate as defined by the Maryland State Department of Education is the percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who leave school before graduation or completion of a state-approved education program for any reason except death. It only includes students who do not enroll in another school or education program during the current year, which runs from July through June.
The Maryland Department of Education calculates the dropout rate by dividing the number of dropouts by the total number of students enrolled.
Overall, 275,384 students were enrolled in Maryland public schools during the 2016-2017 school year. Of those, 2.75 percent (or 7,583 students) dropped out, which is a slight increase from the 2.57 percent of the previous school year.
| School | % of students who dropped out |
|---|---|
| Incarcerated Youth Center (JACS) | 28.57 |
| Northwestern Evening/Saturday High | 24.47 |
| Crossland Evening/Saturday High | 12.57 |
| High Point High | 9.32 |
| Annapolis Road Academy | 7.14 |
| Green Valley Academy at Edgar Allan Poe | 7.26 |
| Central High | 6.66 |
| Northwestern High | 6.42 |
| Bladensburg High | 5.84 |
| Crossland High | 5.03 |
| Parkdale High | 5.65 |
| Potomac High | 5.6 |
| Suitland High | 5.38 |
| International High School @ Langley Park | 4.85 |
| Laurel High | 4.37 |
| Community Based Classrooms | 3.36 |
| Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High | 3.72 |
| Largo High | 3.89 |
| Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC | <= 3 |
| Bowie High | <= 3 |
| C. Elizabeth Rieg Regional Center | <= 3 |
| Charles Herbert Flowers High | <= 3 |
| Chesapeake Math and IT Public Charter | <= 3 |
| College Park Academy | <= 3 |
| Croom High | <= 3 |
| Duval High | <= 3 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt High | <= 3 |
| Fairmont Heights High | <= 3 |
| Frederick Douglass High | <= 3 |
| Friendly High | <= 3 |
| Gwynn Park High | <= 3 |
| International High school @ Largo | <= 3 |
| James E. Duckworth Regional Center | <= 3 |
| Margaret Brent Regional Center | <= 3 |
| Oxon Hill High | <= 3 |
| Surrattsville High | <= 3 |
| Tall Oaks High | <= 3 |
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