This study examined the effect of gender; family size and extracurricular activities, on drop out of class I-VIII students of Central U.P. The study consists of 520 male and 497 female students of fifty schools of Central U.P. The Socio Economic status made by R. L. Bharadwaj, school information questionnaire and school absenteeism schedule self made test were used for data collection. While t-test, correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. The result showed that male and female students had equal drop outs. Large and small family size leaves no effect on potential drop-out students. Further the result showed that Extra co-curricular activities of active group as good for retention of potential drop-out student.