Native American students and dropouts: Confronting the problem

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Reports by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction reveal that Native American students in grades nine through 12 dropped out of high school at a rate of 11.5 percent during the 2007-2008 school year. That was the highest out of five racial groups surveyed -- American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, black, Hispanic and white. It was also 2.5 percentage points higher than the group with the second-highest dropout rate, African-American students, at 9 percent.