Table 3 : Total Leavers at the Primary School Level in St. Lucia
1995/96 to 2005/06
Year	Enrolment	Dropouts	Transfers out	Others	Total Number	Percentage
			of St. Lucia		of Leavers	Leaver Rate
1995/96	31,372	257	90	205	552	1.8
1996/97	31,548	261	105	45	411	1.3
1997/98	31,437	146	74	…	220	0.7
1998/99	29,631	289	165	…	454	1.5
1999/00	28,975	265	175	…	440	1.5
2000/01	28,618	211	166	…	377	1.3
2001/02	27,955	168	203	…	371	1.3
2002/03	27,175	168	172	…	340	1.3
2003/04	25,673	194	144	…	338	1.3
2004/05	25,009	176	142	…	318	1.3
2005/06	23,969	57	127	…	184	0.8
2006/07
Table 3a :  Male Leavers at the Primary School Level in St. Lucia
1995/96 to 2005/06
Year	Enrolment	Dropouts	Transfers out	Others	Total Number	Percentage
			of St. Lucia		of Leavers	Leaver Rate
1995/96	16,243	187	14	108	309	1.9
1996/97	16,387	194	22	26	242	1.5
1997/98	16,445	113	41	…	154	0.9
1998/99	15,399	193	89	…	282	1.8
1999/00	14,991	196	83	…	279	1.9
2000/01	14,991	141	88	…	229	1.5
2001/02	14,588	116	91	…	207	1.4
2002/03	14,323	126	79	…	205	1.4
2003/04	13,522	127	85	…	212	1.6
2004/05	13,193	126	65	…	191	1.4
2005/06	12,559	48	57	…	105	0.8
2006/07
Table 3b: Female Leavers at the Primary School Level in St. Lucia
1995/96 to 2005/06
Year	Enrolment	Dropouts	Transfers out	Others	Total Number	Percentage
			of St. Lucia		of Dropouts	Dropout Rate
1995/96	15,129	70	76	97	243	1.6
1996/97	15,161	67	83	19	169	1.1
1997/98	14,892	33	33	…	66	0.4
1998/99	14,232	96	76	…	172	1.2
1999/00	13,984	69	92	…	161	1.2
2000/01	13,627	70	78	…	148	1.1
2001/02	13,367	52	112	…	164	1.2
2002/03	12,852	42	93	…	135	1.1
2003/04	12,151	67	59	…	126	1.0
2004/05	11,816	50	77	…	127	1.1
2005/06	11,410	9	70	…	79	0.7
206/07
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Source: Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports
Last updated on January 10, 2008 by Olympia Joseph