school dropout
Left before graduating
A school dropout is someone who leaves school before completing their education, typically before graduating high school.
The term often carries connotations of failure or limited prospects, though circumstances vary widely: He was a high school dropout who later earned his GED.
Dropout alone usually implies school dropout unless otherwise specified.
- at-risk youthYoung people facing hardship
- GEDAlternative diploma certification
- alternative educationNon-standard approaches to learning
- second-chanceRenewed opportunity after failing
- povertySevere lack of resources
drop out rate · neglect · juvenile delinquency · abuse · unemployment · tough break · mentorship programs · illiteracy · expulsion · disengagement · social stigma · early warning systems · left behind · peer pressure · vocational training · truancy · learning disabilities · substance abuse
- school dropoutsdropping out, GED, flunk out, noncompletion, early exit
- Youth Riskspeer pressure, bullying, underage drinking, drug use, teen pregnancy
- Global Povertymalnutrition, starvation, food security, clean water, dirty water
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- Addiction Harmsaddiction, overdose, dependence, dependency, withdrawal
- delinquentsjuvenile delinquent, juvenile offender, young offender, youth offender, delinquent
school dropoutgraduate
One who earned degree
high school graduate · college graduate · degree holder · valedictorian · honors graduate
school dropouthonor student
High-achieving pupil
star pupil · straight-A student · scholar · dean's list student · overachiever