Stats: High School Dropouts

The national average for high school students that dropout of school each year is 18%. That means 120,000 high school students a year leave school.
Each year that the dropout rate stays at 18%, the government of Canada loses two billion dollars.
80% of all students stay in school until they graduate; a generation ago that percentage was at 50%.
Almost 50% of all people who dropout return to school by the age of 20.
More than 30% of all high school dropouts had A or B averages before leaving.
10% of students who drop out had D or F averages.
22% of students leave because they are bored of school; they do not find it challenging enough.
Every time there is an increase in minimum wage, the total amount of 16-17 year olds in schools falls by 1%.
22% of students dropout of high school to find work.
Only 8% left school because of the actual work that they had to do.