Research Article
The Societal Benefits and Costs of School Dropout Recovery
Table 2
Students who left OFY/OFL Charter Schools in 2006-2007, by destination and number of high school credits earned while enrolled in OFY/OFL.
| Student status | N total | Mean credits at enrollment | Mean credits earned |
| Graduated | 1304 | 93.8 | 104.6 | | | 69.7 (2) | 63.9 | Returned to school | | | | Entered with no credits | 4367 | 0.0 | 21.1 | | | | 31.6 | Entered with credits | 3336 | 70.0 | 34.6 | | | 49.0 | 33.2 | Subtotal ret. to sch. | 7703 | | | Dropouts | 3196 | 34.4 | 33.3 | | | 52.4 | 37.6 | Other leavers (1) | 1260 | | | Total leavers | 13463 | | |
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(1) Includes illness, child-bearing, overage, expulsion, moved out of country, and other reasons. (2) Standard deviation.
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