The high school dropout rate for 16- to 19-year-olds fell from 11.2 percent in 1990 to 9.8 percent


September 15, 2003 at 12:00a.m.


The high school dropout rate for 16- to 19-year-olds fell from 11.2 percent in 1990 to 9.8 percent in 2000, according to a Census 2000 brief on school enrollment released by the U.S. Census Bureau in August.