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SC dropout rate down for second consecutive year
Posted: 06.23.2011 at 7:13 PM
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The report released Thursday by the state Education Department says nearly 6,300 high school students dropped out during the 2009-10 school year. That was less than 3 percent of ninth- through 12th-graders statewide.
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A new report shows fewer students dropped out of South Carolina's public schools last year.

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