Quiz: Education by the numbers

Dropout rates, reading proficiency, average salaries for high school graduates, school-funding relative to other nations: Take our back-to-school quiz and see how you fare in your knowledge of how America educates its children.

2. According to the Department of Education, the average income for a high school dropout was:

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Students work on homework in the common area at The Davidson Academy of Nevada for profoundly gifted students April 26 in Reno.

$12,000

$23,000

$30,000

$40,000

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