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Nevada Statistics on High School Graduation / Dropout Rates
Nevada ranks last in the percentage of 18-24 year olds who are high school graduates.
-US Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey
28.6 % of Nevada adults 25-64 have an associates degree or higher.
- US Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey
21.2% of Nevada adults 25-64 have a bachelors degree or higher.
-US Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey
Young adults from minority ethnic groups are two-thirds as likely as whites to earn a high school credential.
--The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
If Hispanics/Latinos, African-Americans, and Native Americans achieved the same levels of education as Whites by 2020, Nevada’s personal income would increase by $2.2 Billion.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
Nevada would save more than $230.1 million in health care costs over the lifetimes of each class of dropouts had they earned their diplomas.
- Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
If the more than 19,500 high school dropouts from the Class of 2008 had earned their diplomas instead of dropping out, Nevada’s economy would have seen an additional $5.1 billion in wages over these students’ lifetimes.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
Nevada spends over $26 million each year to provide community college remediation education for recent high school graduates who did not acquire the basic skills necessary to succeed in college or at work.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
If Nevada’s high schools graduated all students ready for college, the state would save almost $258 million a year in community college remediation costs and lost earnings.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
Nevada’s economy would see a combination of crime-related savings and additional revenue of about $78.4 million each year if the male high school graduation rate increased by just 5%.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
Were Nevada to increase the graduation rate and college matriculation of its male students by only 5 percent, the state could see combined savings and revenue of almost $78 million each year.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
If all the heads of households had graduated from high school, Nevada households would have an additional $623 million in accumulated wealth.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
More than 80% of America’s prison population consists of high school dropouts. Dropping out of school makes youth 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be arrested.
-Clark County Dept. of Juvenile Justice Services
More than 3,427 teachers in Nevada will not be returning to the schools where they taught last year. What’s more, replacing these individuals could cost the state up to $40 million.
-Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
It costs approximately SIX TIMES MORE annually to incarcerate an individual than to educate him or her.
-Jobs for the Future, Inc.
Increasing graduation rates by 10 percentage points would correlate with a 20 percent reduction in murder and assault rates.
-Enrico Moretti, Columbia University
The earnings potential of a high school dropout versus a college graduate differs by more than one million dollars over a 40-year career; just by completing high school, career earnings increase by nearly a half-million dollars.
-Education at a Glance, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
