In 2012, 5 Birmingham High Schools were labeled as “Dropout Factories”
More than 60% of entering freshman don’t graduate.
In 2019, 16 Birmingham K-12 schools are still classified as "Failing"
as defined by the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013.
“They’re NOT MOTIVATED because they feel like they’re not going to be able to get out of where they are.”
“I really think that the reason we have a high dropout rate is because of LACK OF INTEREST with students.”
WATCH: Students from Woodlawn High School in Birmingham look at the factors behind their school's label as a "Dropout Factory"
EDUCATION = INDEPENDENCE
For every $1.00 a college graduate earns,
A high school graduate earns $0.51,
And A high school dropout earns $0.29.
In 2006, 93 percent of all Alabama children with a parent who has less than a high school degree were low income.
Sources:
Suitts, Steve. High School Dropouts: Alabama's Number One Education and Economic Problem. Southern Education Foundation. (2008).
https://www.al.com/news/2019/11/heres-the-new-list-of-failing-schools-in-alabama.html