Lynn Tech Dropout Rate at a 10 Year Low

In 2010-11, Lynn Vocational Techical Institute's dropout rate was 4.6%, down 2.5 percentage points from the previous year. Tech's high school enrollment was 756 with a total dropout count of 35. Even better, Tech's current dropout rate puts it at a 10 year low for the school which has seen this statistic decline since 2007 - 08 when it was 8.8%.

Year	Dropout Rate
01 - 02	5.2%
02 - 03	4.8%
03 - 04	5.7%
04 - 05	7.7%
05 - 06	6.0%
06 - 07	7.7%
07 - 08	8.8%
08 - 09	7.5%
09 - 10	7.1%
10 - 11	4.6%

Citation: http://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/reports/dropout/

Some MA Districts See High Percentage of Males Dropping Out

In 2010-11, Massachusetts had an overall annual dropout rate of 2.7%. The percentage of students dropping out, however, did vary at the district and individual school level as well as by subgroup. In particular, some districts/schools in the state are seeing a high percentage of male students dropping out each year. Below are the districts with a higher than 5% dropout rate for male students during school year 2010-11.

• Athol-Royalston: 6%
• Boston: 7.4%
• Boston Collegiate Charter: 8.2%
• Boston Day and Evening Charter: 43%
• Brockton: 6.6%
• Chelsea: 6.2%
• Chicopee: 5.6%
• Everett: 5.6%
• Fairhaven: 6.7%
• Fall River: 5.6%
• Fitchburg: 8.5%
• Gardner: 6.5%
• Gill-Montague: 9%
• Harwich: 10.5%
• Haverhill: 8.1%
• Holyoke: 10.2%
• Lawrence: 9.8%
• Littleton: 5.9%
• Lowell: 9.6%
• Lowell Middlesex Charter: 54.4%
• Lynn: 5.4%
• Martha's Vineyard Charter: 9.1%
• New Bedford: 9.1%
• North Adams: 6.7%
• Palmer: 8.4%
• Phoenix Charter: 38.2%
• Provincetown: 11.1%
• Ralph C Mahar: 7.4%
• Revere: 5.4%
• Saugus: 6.6%
• Southbridge: 5.4%
• Spirit of Knowledge Charter: 6.7%
• Springfield: 13.3%
• Taunton: 6.9%
• Waltham: 5.6%
• Ware: 6.5%
• Wareham: 6%
• Webster: 9.1%
• Westport: 5.8%
• West Springfield: 5.5%

*All Data Taken From: www.doe.mass.edu