Bryant West was halfway through high school in Pascagoula, Mississippi, when he dropped out in 2020.
But in every state reporting high school graduation rates by gender, research shows female students graduate at higher rates.
“I was lashing out because I wasn’t OK,” said Nichols, who ended up leaving high school after ninth grade.
Still, the urban district posted a 10-point graduation gender gap in 2022 (84%-74%) and an 11-point gap (84%-73%) in 2021.
The graduation gender gap “is harder to explain than some of the other disparities we see,” PRB’s Jarosz said.
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