"11 Facts about Dropping Out"

- 1.2 million students drop out every year in the U.S.
- Nearly 2000 schools in the U.S. have 40% of students who don't graduate.
- One in four Hispanics drop out and half leave by the 8th grade.
- White and Asian Americans are least likely to drop out.
- Hispanics are twice as likely to drop out as African Americans.
- Dropouts will make $200,000 less than high school graduates.
- More than half of the people on welfare are high school dropouts.
- In the U.S., 65% of criminals are dropouts.
- The dropout rate is said to significantly increase by 2020 if things aren't changed.
- America ranks as the 19th in the world for graduation rates when we used to be number 1.