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District Dropout Rate

Lincoln Public Schools district dropout rate continues to decline

The Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) dropout rate²⁹ was 2.1% during the 2023-24 school year, which was higher than the Nebraska Public Schools dropout rate of 1.7%.

• The LPS dropout rate has decreased by half since the 2001-02 school year, when the dropout rate was 4.3%.
• The Lincoln Public Schools dropout rate has increased in the past few years since 2019-20 (before impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic), when the LPS dropout rate was 1.7%.
  • Prior to the pandemic, dropout rates had been fairly steady since the 2011-12 school year, being 2.0% or less each year.

Notes

Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Education Profile.

The district dropout rate is calculated for grades 7-12.

Footnotes

29. The district dropout rate is calculated by dividing the total number of 7th-12th grade students who dropped out by the official fall enrollment for grades 7-12. A student who dropped out either enrolled in school the previous school year but did not enroll at the beginning of the current school year, has not graduated from high school or completed a state or district-approved education program, or has aged out.