Catholic schools have far lower dropout rates than public or private schools.
Evidence
What is most striking is the low dropout rate in Catholic schools. The rate is a fourth of that in the public schools and a third of that in the other private schools. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 185
Categorization
- CANDY: A clean, quotable stat: Catholic school dropout rate is a quarter of public schools’ — easy to drop into conversation.
- XREF: connects to: Religiously-founded private schools show low dropout rates matching Catholic schools; Religious service attendance predicts lower dropout independent of school religious affiliation. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 186
Related
- The dropout advantage of private schools persists when controlling for student backgrounds (similarity 0.88)
- Religious communities’ intergenerational closure replicates Catholic-school dropout benefits. (similarity 0.86)
- Religious service attendance predicts lower dropout independent of school religious affiliation. (similarity 0.86)
- Social capital in the surrounding adult community lowers student dropout rates. (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Religiously-founded private schools show low dropout rates matching Catholic schools
#expands(0.90) - Religious service attendance predicts lower dropout independent of school religious affiliation.
#qualifies(0.80) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 186