In 2007 there were twenty-two schools in Washington state that are considered “dropout factories.” A school is considered a dropout factory when more than 40 percent of entering freshmen dropout before their senior year. What makes kids drop out? Most “Dropout Factories” in the U.S. are in high poverty areas and have a high number of minorities. In schools such as Arlington who have a 30 percent dropout rate don’t have either of these common factors for kids dropping out. Arlington is located in a nice suburban area with a eighty-seven percent of its students Caucasian.
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