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This study aimed to identify the level of school dropout and its relationship to the delinquency of juveniles convicted and detained in juvenile care homes in Jordan. The descriptive, correlational survey method was used. The study population consisted of all the juveniles arrested and sentenced to juvenile care homes in Jordan, distributed among (6) juvenile care homes in Jordan, who numbered (217) juveniles according to the statistics of the Ministry of Social Development for the year (2023) for the academic year 2023. The study sample was selected, which consisted of (208) juveniles. The results of the study showed that the general means of reasons for school dropout was at a “high” level, and all reasons for school dropout were at a high level. “Family reasons” were the most common, followed by “school reasons,” and finally “personal reasons” at a high level. The results also showed the study showed that the general means of juvenile delinquency was at a “medium” level. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of (α=0.05) between the arithmetic means of the dimensions of the reasons for dropping out of school according to the type of crime variable, and the presence of statistically significant differences at the level of (α=0.05) between the arithmetic averages of the dimensions of the reasons for dropping out of school according to the variable of age, and the differences were in favor of the age group (from the age of 12 to less than 15 years), and there were no statistically significant differences at the level (α=0.05) between the arithmetic means of the reasons for juvenile delinquency. Depending on the variable type of crime, and the presence of statistically significant differences at the level (α=0.05) between the arithmetic means of the causes of juvenile delinquency according to the variable age, and the differences were in favor of the age group (from the age of 12 to less than 15 years). Finally, the results showed the existence of a correlation between All dimensions of school dropout and juvenile delinquency. In light of this, the study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which were: conducting studies on older age groups in correctional centers in order to monitor the possibility of the development of criminal behavior among juvenile delinquents. (Published abstract)