This Fact Sheet provides statistical data on the high school dropout rates for 16- to 19-year-olds in the United States, with a particular emphasis on Latino students, both immigrant and native-born. Although the percentage of youth who have not finished high school and are not enrolled in school, known as the "status" dropout rate, has declined for all youth (including Hispanic youth) since the 1970s, many Latino youngsters continue to drop out of high school. At 21 percent, the national Latino high school dropout rate is more than twice the national average at 10 percent. The Latino dropout rate conceals substantial diversity among Latino youth in their success in entering and remaining in U.S. secondary schools. Notably, youth's best chance at completing high school, on average, is staying in school until graduation. The odds of finishing by passing a General Educational Development (GED) test, or some other high school equivalency exam, are at best fifty-fifty for all high school dropouts, and appear to be even lower for young Hispanic dropouts. It was found that, among Latino youth who are educated in U.S. schools, there is no statistically significant difference in the dropout rates for immigrants and the native-born.