Dropouts
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The Florida Department of Education provide data regarding the number of dropouts in the public school system. Information regarding dropouts in the public school system for each of the five counties can be found below. Please note that dropout data only includes dropouts for students in 9th through 12th grade. Southwest Florida had a total of 711 students dropping out of the public school system during the 2014-15 academic year. The number of students dropping out trended downward overall from the 2010-11 academic year. Overall, the region had a 27 percent decrease in the number of dropouts over the same time span. Lee County had the most dropouts during the 2014-15 academic year, with 264 dropouts. The number of students dropping out of the public school system trended downward since the 2010-11 academic year. The county experienced a 45.8 percent decrease in the number of dropouts over the same time span. Charlotte County had 213 students drop out of the public school system during the 2014-15 academic year. The number of dropouts in Charlotte County trended upwards since the 2010-11 academic year. Overall, the county had a 41.1 percent increase over the same time span. Collier County had a total of 154 students dropping out of the public school system during the 2014-15 academic year. The number of dropouts in the county trended downward from the 201011 academic year. Overall, the county had a 41.1 percent decrease over the same time span. Hendry County had 77 students drop out of the public school system during the 2014-15 academic year. The number of dropouts in the county has gone up and down each year for the past five years. This resulted in an 18.5 percent increase during the same time span. Finally, Glades County had 3 students drop out from the public school system during the 2014-15 academic year. The county has experienced a decline in the number of dropouts from the 2010-11 academic year, when the county had 8 students drop out.
Dropouts 9th through 12th Grade 2011-2012 2012-2013
County
2010-2011
2013-2014
2014-2015
Charlotte
151
180
179
146
213
Collier
263
304
280
222
154
Glades
8
7
9
2
3
Hendry
65
57
80
65
77
Lee
487
335
292
469
264
883
840
904
711
Southwest Florida 974 Source: Florida Department of Education
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