In Is mandating 18 as the dropout age the answer? Moi wrote: The Alliance for Excellent Education has information about Graduation Rates at their site: Yet every year, approximately 1.3 million students—that’s over 7,000 every school day—do not graduate from high school on time. Nationwide, only 69 percent of students earn their high school diplomas. Among … Continue reading Studies: Lack of support and early parenthood cause kids to dropout