2011-08-11 "Database: See dropout rates for every California school" by Phillip Reese
[http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/11/3831714/database-see-dropout-rates-for.html]
During 2010, about 4.6 percent of California high school students dropped out, better than the 5.7 percent dropout rate from the prior year, according to data released Thursday. Over a four-year period, about 18 percent of high school students will quit school.
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