The lifetime fiscal loss per Arizona high school dropout is $135,730 across all levels of government, or $2.5 billion per cohort¶
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q2 i? The lifetime fiscal loss per dropout is $54,350 to Arizona state/local governments and $81,380 to the federal government, totaling $135,730 and $2.5 billion per cohort. → How Arizona's Dropout Crisis Affects Communities 2014
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How Arizona's Dropout Crisis Affects Communities 2014¶
How Arizona's Dropout Crisis Affects Communities, Creates Economic Losses for the State of Arizona. (2014). A Project of WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED559628
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The summary reports fiscal losses split by level of government: "the lifetime fiscal loss to the state/local governments of Arizona is $54,350" and the federal loss is $81,380, which the report argues should be added to the state/local loss, yielding $135,730 per dropout.
"Overall, the lifetime fiscal loss per dropout for Arizona is $135,730 and the loss across an entire cohort is $2.5 billion."
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Related Claims¶
- Each disconnected youth in Arizona incurs a lifetime social loss of $695,090 and fiscal loss of $234,480, totaling $127.3 billion social and $43.0 billion fiscal per cohort of 183,200 — related
- Each Arizona high school dropout imposes a lifetime social loss of $421,280, totaling $7.6 billion per annual cohort of 18,100 dropouts — related
- Arizona high school graduates are predicted to earn $271,040 more over a lifetime than dropouts, net of ability and motivation adjustments — related
- Educational opportunity and achievement gaps impose large societal costs, including an estimated $156 billion loss in tax revenues and income per yearly cohort of nongraduates — related
- The report's loss estimates are conservative because they exclude health, psychological, family, community, and broader societal costs that cannot be monetized — related
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The lifetime fiscal loss per Arizona high school dropout is $135,730 across all levels of government, or $2.5 billion per cohort |
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The lifetime fiscal loss per Arizona high school dropout is $135,730 across all levels of government, or $2.5 billion per cohort |
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