<p>I was surprised when I saw that just 400 graduated when I knew the class was close to 400 as freshmen. Our official dropout rate is 4.19%. But, I’m not sure how those numbers are calculated. Is it per year? That would mean 16-17% for the total of 4 years? There is also a number of kids who need another summer to complete requirements. There is a number of transient hispanic kids who have trouble completing requirements due to frequent relocations. And, we have end of course exams that need to be passed to graduate and sometimes a course needs to be repeated.</p>