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Graduation

A high school diploma can be a ticket to better employment options and further education. Students who drop out may have more difficulty getting a job than others with a diploma or with higher levels of education. According to the South Carolina Department of Education, high school student dropout rates provide an assessment of the progress made by state and local school districts in their effort to reduce the number of school dropouts and increase the graduation rate. The Graduation topic includes:

These indicators can be used as a baseline for further investigation about factors contributing to school dropouts and for targeting interventions at multiple levels and risk factors.