In the United States, females are equally likely as males to drop out of high school, and dropout rates among all races are equal.

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Males are more likely than females to drop out (12.2 versus 9.3 percent). From 1972 through 2000, the school dropout rate for Latinos remained very high and the African American dropout rate was still higher than the White non-Latino rate.

In the United States, Females Are Equally Likely as Males