• A high school dropout earns
about $260,000 less over a lifetime and pays about $60,000 less
in taxes than a high school graduate;
• America loses $192 billion in combined income and tax
revenue for each cohort of students who never complete high
school;
• Increasing the high school completion rate by just 1
percent for all men ages 20-60 would save the U.S. up to $1.4
billion per year in reduced costs from crime; |