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The report defines cohort-based dropout measurement over four years after ninth-grade entry, excludes transfers out and deceased students, and clarifies dropout withdrawal codes. Detailed tables present dropout rates by race/ethnicity and by sex within race/ethnicity across 2020-21 through 2024-25.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/floridas-high-school-cohort-2024-25-dropout-rate-february-2026/584322/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/floridas-high-school-cohort-2024-25-dropout-rate-february-2026/584322.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Kyle","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-30","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":39},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the cohort-based dropout rate and how is it calculated in this report?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It measures the percentage of students who drop out within four years of first enrollment in ninth grade. Transfers out and deceased students are removed from the calculation, while entering transfer students are assigned based on their scheduled graduation cohort and enrollment date.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How did Florida’s cohort-based dropout rate change from 2020-21 to 2024-25?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The rate declined from 3.2% in 2020-21 to 1.8% in 2024-25. It also decreased between 2023-24 and 2024-25, with a 0.4 percentage-point drop compared to last year.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What withdrawal codes are used to define students counted as dropouts?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The report provides categories such as DNE (expected but not entered), W05 (voluntary leaving with no intent to return), W13 (withdrawn due to court action), W15 (withdrawn due to nonattendance), W18 (medical reasons), W21 (expelled), W22 (whereabouts unknown), and W23 (other reasons not covered by W01-W22 or W24-W27).","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},584322,1792191127,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":24,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},3985741905716,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","Florida’s High School Cohort  \n2024-25 Dropout Rate  \nFebruary 2026  \nFlorida’s Dropout Rate  \nFlorida’s cohort-based dropout rate has improved since 2020-21, with 1.4 percent fewer students dropping out prior to their scheduled graduation. The rate improved by declining from 3.2 percent in 2020-21 to 1.8 percent in 2024-25. Additionally, the dropout rate declined from 2.2 percent to 1.8 percent between 2023-24 and 2024- 25. This is a 0.4 percentage-point decrease compared to last year. Exhibit 1 below shows the cohort-based dropout rates from 2020-21 to 2024-25.  \nExhibit 1: Florida’s Cohort-Based Dropout Rates, 2020-21 to 2024-25  \n\n| 5.0%\u003Cbr>4.0%\u003Cbr>3.0%\u003Cbr>2.0%\u003Cbr>1.0%\u003Cbr>0.0% | 3.2%\u003Cbr> 2.9% 2.8% \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>2.2% 1.8% \u003Cbr>|  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | | | | | |\n\nThe cohort-based dropout rate is the percentage of students who drop out of school within four years of their first enrollment in ninth grade. Subsequent to their enrollment in ninth grade, students who transfer out and deceased students are removed from the calculation. Entering transfer students are included in the rate for the class with which they are scheduled to graduate, based on their date of enrollment. In a cohort, at the end of four years students can be classified as graduates, dropouts or non-graduates. A dropout is defined as a student who withdraws from school for any of several reasons without transferring to another school, home education program or adult education program. In 2024-25, the cohort-based dropout rate was 1.8 percent, down from 3.2 percent in 2020-21.  \nThe department used to publish a single-year dropout rate. The single-year dropout rate often caused confusion because it was not comparable to the graduation rate. It represented the percentage of high school students who dropped out in any one year and was not an inverse of the graduation rate. The department no longer produces a single-year dropout rate.  \nExhibit 2 below provides the definitions for students counted as dropouts.  \nDivision of Accountability, Research, and Measurement 1  \nExhibit 2: Dropout Withdrawal Codes and Definitions  \n\n| Withdrawal Codes | Definitions |\n| --- | --- |\n| DNE | Any KG-12 student who was expected to attend a school but did not enter as expected for unknown reasons |\n| W05 | Any student age 16 or older who leaves school voluntarily with no intention of returning |\n| W13 | Any KG-12 student withdrawn from school due to court action |\n| W15 | Any KG-12 student who is withdrawn from school due to nonattendance |\n| W18 | Any KG-12 student who withdraws from school due to medical reasons |\n| W21 | Any KG-12 student who is withdrawn from school due to being expelled |\n| W22 | Any KG-12 student whose whereabouts is unknown |\n| W23 | Any KG-12 student who withdraws from school for any reason other than W01-W22 or W24-W27 |\n\nCohort-Based Dropout Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Sex  \nFlorida’s cohort-based dropout rates vary by race/ethnicity. The subgroup with the largest decrease since 2020- 21 was Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (-3 .2 percentage points) . The subgroup with the largest oneyear decrease was American Indian or Alaska Native (-2 .0 percentage points) . Exhibit 3 below shows the cohortbased dropout rates by race/ethnicity.  \nExhibit 3: Cohort-Based Dropout Rates by Race/Ethnicity, 2020-21 through 2024-25  \n\n| Year | White | Black or African\u003Cbr>American | Hispanic/ Latino | Asian | American Indian or Alaska Native | Two or More Races | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2020-21 | 2.6% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 0.7% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 3.2% |\n| 2021-22 | 2.5% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 2.9% |\n| 2022-23 | 2.4% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.8% |\n| 2023-24 | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 2.2% |\n| 2024-25 | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.8% |\n\nExhibit 4 provides the dropout ra","cbCaifTaGoDPyMUa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifTaGoDPyMUa","pdf",382813,"English","# Florida’s Dropout Rate\n## Cohort-based dropout rate overview (2020-21 to 2024-25)\n## Dropout definition and calculation method\n## Exhibit 2: Dropout withdrawal codes and definitions\n## Cohort-based dropout rates by race/ethnicity\n## Cohort-based dropout rates by sex within race/ethnicity\n## Cohort-based dropout rates by district","[{\"question\":\"What is the cohort-based dropout rate and how is it calculated in this report?\",\"answer\":\"It measures the percentage of students who drop out within four years of first enrollment in ninth grade. Transfers out and deceased students are removed from the calculation, while entering transfer students are assigned based on their scheduled graduation cohort and enrollment date.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Florida’s cohort-based dropout rate change from 2020-21 to 2024-25?\",\"answer\":\"The rate declined from 3.2% in 2020-21 to 1.8% in 2024-25. It also decreased between 2023-24 and 2024-25, with a 0.4 percentage-point drop compared to last year.\"},{\"question\":\"What withdrawal codes are used to define students counted as dropouts?\",\"answer\":\"The report provides categories such as DNE (expected but not entered), W05 (voluntary leaving with no intent to return), W13 (withdrawn due to court action), W15 (withdrawn due to nonattendance), W18 (medical reasons), W21 (expelled), W22 (whereabouts unknown), and W23 (other reasons not covered by W01-W22 or W24-W27).\"}]","Florida’s High School Cohort - 2024-25 Dropout Rate - February 2026 | PDF",1792050654,13]