dropout factory
Mass-exodus educational institution
A dropout factory is a high school with chronically low graduation rates—typically below 60%—where students seem processed toward failure rather than diplomas.
The term frames the institution as a system producing dropouts the way a factory produces goods: That underfunded school has become a dropout factory.
Used critically in education policy discussions.
- schoolPlace of instruction
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
- graduation ratePercentage earning diplomas
- teacher shortagesInsufficient educators for schools
students · education · standardized testing · systemic racism · socioeconomic status · low income · secondary · at-risk youth · achievement gap · poverty · inner city · unemployment · food insecurity · hallway · flop · public school · underachieving · inequality
dropout factorymagnet school
Specialty public school drawing districtwide
college preparatory school · elite school · Exeter · Andover · finishing school
dropout factoryprestigious institution
Respected, high-status organization
Eton · Andover · finishing school · boarding school · feeder school
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