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Wednesday, 16 May 2012

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Attrition and Dropout Rates in Texas

Texas public schools are losing one out of four students.

  • The statewide attrition rate was 27 percent for 2010-11. 
  • While our high school attrition rate is below 30 percent for the second year in a row – the lowest rate so far – at this rate, Texas will not reach universal high school education for another quarter of a century in 2037.
  • 110,804 students were lost from our public high schools in 2010-11.
  • The racial-ethnic gaps are dramatically higher than 26 years ago. The gap between the attrition rates of White students and Black students has increased from 7 percentage points to 16. The gap between the rates of White students and Hispanic students has increased from 18 percentage points to 23.
  • Black students and Hispanic students are about two times more likely to leave school without graduating with a diploma than White students.
  • Texas schools are losing 13 students per hour.
  • More than 3.1 million students have been lost from Texas high schools since 1986. We stand to lose as many as 2.8 million more students over the next 25 years.

See infographic: Texas public schools are losing one out of four students.

Communities and their neighborhood public schools can turn the tide. Together we can and must guarantee that every child graduates from high school ready for college and the world of work.

IDRA’s Quality School Action Framework guides communities and schools in identifying weak areas and strengthening public schools’ capacities to graduate and prepare all students for success. IDRA’s new book, Courage to Connect: A Quality Schools Action Framework™ shows how communities and schools can work together to be successful with all of their students. The book’s web page provides a table of contents, excerpt, related podcasts and other resources.

Receive IDRA’s Graduation for All free bilingual (Spanish/English) monthly e-letter to get up-to-date information to make a difference in your school and community.

IDRA has developed a one-page School Holding Power Checklist with a set of criteria for assessing and selecting effective dropout prevention strategies and for making sure your school is a quality school.

See IDRA’s set of principles for policymakers and school leaders.

IDRA’s online OurSchool data portal helps community and school partners examine their school data and plan joint action to improve school holding power. The data portal is also available in Spanish.

   
   
   

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