"most" kids drop out?

Recently it was revealed that my kids have this perception that "most" teens drop out of school. We were discussing someone who had entered college early, and I asked what most kids that age would be doing. Amost without exception, the class yelled out "drop out of school". There was no acknowledgement that, at least, someone that age should be in high school. It was eye-opening, in the sense of a window on their world. Even more upsetting was the girl who assumes that "most" teens are pregnant at that age. We'll be looking at dropout rates for different demographic groups and regions of the county to talk about why this is the case.
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/2008353_03.asp
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/2010313_08.asp
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/ESSIN_Task5_f2.asp