During the 2008-2009 school year, 3,003 Kansas students dropped out of school.
That equals approximately eight students a day or one every 3 hours!
Each high school dropout costs the nation approximately $260,000 in lost earnings, taxes and productivity over the course of his or her lifetime.
For the 3,003 dropouts that equals approximately $780 million.
Those dropouts are also more likely than their graduating peers to:
- Be in prison
- Get divorced
- Live in poverty
- Be unemployed
- Have poor health
- Utilize public assistance
We can no longer afford to treat this as a “school problem.” Not graduating costs everybody. Thank you for dropping IN to be a part of the solution.
America’s Promise Alliance Video 
Around the State
Click on a region to find out what communities in that area are doing across Kansas to make sure their students graduate.
Is your business/community/school doing something to identify, prevent and/or re-engage high school dropouts?
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