PUBLIC SCHOOL DROPOUT AND RETENTION DATA,  2003-04
		Grade 9	Grades 9-12	2003-04 Grades 7-12		2003-04 Grades 9-12
		Enrollment	Estimated	Duplicated Dropouts		Duplicated Dropouts
		2000-01	Retention Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Beaufort	County	679	61.60	128	3.62	125	5.35
Bertie	County	354	54.20	58	3.48	58	5.18
Bladen	County	443	68.60	98	3.62	94	5.47
Brunswick	County	975	57.30	175	3.48	169	5.22
Camden	County	145	66.20	20	2.61	19	3.89
Carteret	County	765	69.40	147	3.48	145	5.21
Edenton/Chowan		246	63.80	41	3.38	40	5.02
Columbus	County	693	58.70	114	3.42	105	4.84
Craven	County	1,370	60.80	214	3.2	204	4.66
Cumberland	County	4,975	64.50	638	2.56	619	3.72
Currituck	County	349	64.70	72	3.98	71	5.99
Dare	County	424	65.70	41	1.74	41	2.64
Duplin	County	767	56.30	153	3.85	140	5.53
Edgecombe	County	696	55.00	158	4.3	151	6.34
Gates	County	222	59.50	40	3.91	40	5.79
Greene	County	337	49.30	71	4.86	71	7.58
Halifax	County	629	43.40	71	2.8	71	4.3
Harnett	County	1,421	60.00	285	3.62	274	5.5
Hertford	County	506	43.60	50	2.88	50	4.38
Hoke	County	560	45.00	115	4.17	110	6.37
Hyde	County	57	86.00	12	3.57	12	5.52
Johnston	County	1,823	64.70	375	3.43	339	5.01
Jones	County	138	51.40	17	2.69	15	3.75
Lenoir	County	1,063	50.60	187	3.88	184	5.91
Martin	County	400	64.00	94	4.36	86	5.97
Nash-Rocky Mount		1,435	67.80	359	4.22	329	5.93
New Hanover	County	2,082	62.60	402	3.66	398	5.36
Northampton	County	388	53.50	54	3.38	54	4.92
Onslow	County	2,001	61.10	293	2.9	293	4.36
Pamlico	County	188	70.70	41	4.22	40	5.64
Pasquotank	County	630	54.30	119	3.98	119	5.91
Pender	County	579	63.80	143	4.19	141	6.48
Perquimans	County	188	55.90	46	5.18	46	7.34
Pitt	County	1,814	55.70	485	4.76	464	6.95
Robeson	County	2,372	44.00	598	5.43	586	8.16
Sampson	County	660	64.60	140	3.85	130	5.57
Scotland	County	689	52.90	97	3.11	93	4.7
Tyrrell	County	66	56.10	20	5.73	20	8.08
Washington	County	191	60.20	36	3.53	35	5.46
Wayne	County	1,784	58.60	329	3.62	317	5.36
Wilson	County	1,047	60.00	212	3.73	193	5.21