Overview

• The Observatorio de la Educación recorded 994,219 dropouts in the 2024–25 cycle, marking a 19.98% increase from the previous year and representing 3.3% of the 29.4 million enrolled students.
• Upper secondary schools saw the highest attrition at a 30.9% dropout rate, while technical-professional modalities lost up to 59.5% of their students.
• National coverage masks wide disparities, with Mexico City exceeding 100% enrollment coverage and Campeche, Colima, and Veracruz each below 70%.
• Indigenous and community schools suffer acute neglect as only 0.3% of primary sites have electricity and no community secondary schools offer internet or culturally adapted materials.
• Long-term outcomes remain bleak as only 46 of every 100 students who start primary in Mexico City and merely 10 of 100 in Chiapas go on to complete higher education.