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October 30, 2007
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Dropout Factories
Associated Press
2007-10-30 08:48:07.0
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42 high schools in Alabama classify as "dropout factories." That's a high school where no more than 60% of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year.
That dubious distinction applies to more than one in ten high schools across America, according to an analysis of Education Department data conducted by Johns Hopkins University for The Associated Press.
Bob Balfanz is the researcher at Johns Hopkins who defines it as a "dropout factory. He says that while some of the missing students transferred, most dropped out. The data tracked senior classes for three years in a row to make sure local events weren't to blame for the low retention rates.
The highest concentration of dropout factories is in large cities or high-poverty rural areas in the South and Southwest. Most have high proportions of minority students.
Here are the schools in Alabama that made the list:
1. Attalla City - Etowah High School
2. Baldwin County - Foley High School
3. Barbour County - Barbour County High School
4. Bessemer City - Jess Lanier High School
5. Bibb County - Bibb County High School
6. Bibb County - West Blocton High School
7. Birmingham City - Ensley High School-Magnet
8. Birmingham City - Huffman High School-Magnet
9. Birmingham City - Jackson-Olin High School
10. Birmingham City - West End High School
11. Birmingham City - Woodlawn High School-Magnet
12. Bullock County - Bullock County High School
13. Chambers County - Lafayette High School
14. Conecuh County - Hillcrest High School
15. Fairfield City - Fairfield High Preparatory School
16. Henry County - Abbeville High School
17. Houston County - Houston County High School
18. Huntsville City - SR Butler High School
19. Huntsville City - JO Johnson High School
20. Huntsville City - Lee High School
21. Huntsville City - New Century Technology Demo High School
22. Jackson County - North Jackson High School
23. Lawrence County - East Lawrence High School
24. Lowndes County - Calhoun High School
25. Madison County - New Hope High School
26. Marion County - Hamilton High School
27. Mobile County - Ben C Rain High School
28. Mobile County - Citronelle high School
29. Mobile County - WP Davidson High School
30. Mobile County - John S. Shaw High School
31. Mobile County - Mary G. Montgomery High School
32. Mobile County - CF Vigor High School
33. Mobile County - Lillie B Williamson High School
34. Mobile County - Alma Bryant High School
35. Mobile County - Theodore High School
36. Montgomery County - Carver Senior High School
37. Pike County - Pike County High School
38. Pike County - Goshen High School
39. Russell County - Russell County High School
40. Shelby County - Vincent Middle High School
41. Talladega County - Lincoln High School
42. Tarrant City - Tarrant High School
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