Attrition Rates 02 03

Attrition Rates in Texas Public Schools By Race-Ethnicity, 2002-03

County Name	Black	White	Hispanic	Total
Anderson	37	21	65	30
Andrews	21	9	25	16
Angelina	33	22	49	29
Aransas	23	31	46	35
Archer	.	0	46	3
Armstrong	.	11	33	9
Atascosa	87	20	37	32
Austin	16	7	42	17
Bailey	**	3	31	20
Bandera	100	30	53	36
Bastrop	55	40	66	50
Baylor	52	4	36	10
Bee	37	14	42	34
Bell	36	28	44	33
Bexar	38	23	45	39
Blanco	**	25	34	26
Borden	.	**	**	**
Bosque	28	21	42	25
Bowie	43	24	58	32
Brazoria	44	33	55	40
Brazos	59	16	63	38
Brewster	.	23	22	22
Briscoe	48	12	39	14
Brooks	.	**	30	28
Brown	43	18	56	30
Burleson	44	29	35	33
Burnet	48	35	50	39
Caldwell	60	21	46	37
Calhoun	59	35	66	51
Callahan	100	18	25	19
Cameron	72	27	47	46
Camp	18	20	57	26
Carson	.	5	24	6
Cass	11	19	71	18
Castro	18	4	24	17
Chambers	11	20	32	21
Cherokee	43	30	50	37
Childress	22	4	23	8
Clay	0	16	31	16
Cochran	50	15	36	29
Coke	87	31	93	68
Coleman	**	10	27	12
Collin	39	23	54	28
Collingsworth	14	**	12	3
Colorado	36	17	50	30
Comal	45	26	50	33
Comanche	.	28	48	33
Concho	.	9	2	6
Cooke	36	26	54	31
Coryell	50	34	38	38
Cottle	13	**	36	8
Crane	**	9	16	10
Crockett	.	**	27	13
Crosby	**	6	18	12
Culberson	.	21	17	19
Dallam	26	22	51	30
Dallas	50	24	62	45
Dawson	24	**	20	9
Deaf Smith	**	**	38	27
Delta	15	29	100	28
Denton	46	29	56	34
Dewitt	30	15	40	26
Dickens	**	25	**	9
Dimmit	75	24	33	33
Donley	5	**	27	**
Duval	.	26	29	29
Eastland	50	14	26	18
Ector	45	17	42	32
Edwards	50	35	28	30
Ellis	30	26	48	31
El Paso	30	18	37	35
Erath	8	26	61	36
Falls	34	10	38	24
Fannin	17	20	44	22
Fayette	42	10	40	19
Fisher	41	18	**	9
Floyd	34	**	38	22
Foard	.	0	29	14
Fort Bend	32	19	50	29
Franklin	**	21	47	23
Freestone	16	17	65	23
Frio	100	19	26	25
Gaines	**	12	31	20
Galveston	38	30	46	33
Garza	47	30	49	40
Gillespie	50	7	39	16
Glasscock	.	**	**	**
Goliad	29	9	38	21
Gonzales	38	12	42	31
Gray	16	9	35	13
Grayson	28	24	53	27
Gregg	43	21	56	31
Grimes	31	20	53	30
Guadalupe	43	20	54	36
Hale	44	10	45	33
Hall	17	**	22	3
Hamilton	.	22	32	24
Hansford	.	**	32	9
Hardeman	**	**	**	**
Hardin	19	19	7	19
Harris	51	25	59	45
Harrison	15	20	54	20
Hartley	.	**	29	**
Haskell	7	**	2	**
Hays	33	27	42	33
Hemphill	100	13	78	49
Henderson	34	27	57	31
Hidalgo	66	23	50	49
Hill	26	22	43	26
Hockley	**	6	33	20
Hood	.	37	66	41
Hopkins	22	23	45	25
Houston	34	22	64	29
Howard	43	22	58	38
Hudspeth	.	30	39	38
Hunt	57	32	55	38
Hutchinson	**	9	40	15
Irion	.	2	8	11
Jack	**	26	38	26
Jackson	35	2	37	15
Jasper	8	16	24	15
Jeff Davis	100	22	66	49
Jefferson	44	20	56	37
Jim Hogg	.	26	10	12
Jim Wells	21	16	40	36
Johnson	44	37	61	41
Jones	45	13	17	16
Karnes	53	1	42	29
Kaufman	45	37	61	41
Kendall	25	30	53	35
Kent	.	**	44	**
Kerr	50	24	52	35
Kimble	.	21	46	29
King	.	25	50	30
Kinney	**	13	38	26
Kleberg	58	18	41	38
Knox	18	**	8	1
Lamar	35	27	53	29
Lamb	14	6	33	22
Lampasas	22	30	45	33
La Salle	100	40	29	32
Lavaca	28	12	19	14
Lee	24	13	48	25
Leon	26	14	39	17
Liberty	33	33	58	36
Limestone	31	24	40	28
Lipscomb	.	**	44	7
Live Oak	.	1	31	18
Llano	.	35	55	37
Lubbock	27	10	34	21
Lynn	**	**	28	12
Madison	41	37	56	41
Marion	40	34	100	37
Martin	57	11	38	26
Mason	.	6	24	13
Matagorda	40	22	52	36
Maverick	.	23	46	46
McColluch	44	25	39	31
McLennan	52	28	50	39
McMullen	.	**	18	4
Medina	56	17	45	33
Menard	.	**	8	2
Midland	43	13	56	33
Milam	19	14	40	22
Mills	74	17	40	25
Mitchell	22	**	27	11
Montague	.	24	40	25
Montgomery	46	34	55	38
Moore	7	8	49	33
Morris	27	26	63	29
Motley	**	**	100	**
Nacogdoches	31	22	55	29
Navarro	45	29	64	40
Newton	10	42	31	32
Nolan	35	13	42	27
Nueces	40	19	41	34
Ochiltree	.	14	55	32
Oldham	.	15	31	16
Orange	35	21	23	22
Palo Pinto	39	33	58	37
Panola	21	11	63	17
Parker	65	35	62	38
Parmer	0	**	25	11
Pecos	100	**	33	26
Polk	28	34	43	34
Potter	49	27	58	38
Presidio	.	**	41	36
Rains	**	19	35	20
Randall	**	24	37	25
Reagan	23	**	14	9
Real	.	9	13	7
Red River	31	16	47	22
Reeves	67	5	32	28
Refugio	10	12	29	19
Roberts	.	30	.	29
Robertson	25	15	45	24
Rockwall	39	26	51	29
Runnels	50	10	33	19
Rusk	14	19	53	22
Sabine	26	31	56	31
San Augustine	9	30	29	21
San Jacinto	48	53	63	53
San Patricio	30	29	44	37
San Saba	.	12	33	19
Schleicher	40	**	22	7
Scurry	49	1	31	16
Shackelford	67	20	40	26
Shelby	23	31	58	32
Sherman	.	15	39	24
Smith	38	24	59	34
Somervell	0	25	33	26
Starr	.	39	44	44
Stephens	39	14	41	21
Sterling	.	2	22	10
Stonewall	100	14	**	8
Sutton	.	**	33	19
Swisher	62	**	29	11
Tarrant	47	28	58	39
Taylor	34	19	42	26
Terrell	.	39	18	26
Terry	51	14	41	33
Throckmorton	.	**	**	**
Titus	52	23	68	45
Tom Green	37	13	39	26
Travis	47	19	57	39
Trinity	40	34	55	36
Tyler	29	29	36	29
Upshur	20	23	48	24
Upton	0	3	**	0
Uvalde	.	24	63	55
Val Verde	51	29	40	39
Van Zandt	35	31	52	33
Victoria	50	24	57	43
Walker	44	25	46	34
Waller	40	34	53	41
Ward	28	12	39	26
Washington	50	10	66	29
Webb	44	19	41	41
Wharton	26	0	38	20
Wheeler	58	**	23	3
Wichita	40	21	52	29
Wilbarger	62	27	51	38
Willacy	**	**	44	42
Williamson	45	24	52	31
Wilson	51	18	35	26
Winkler	**	0	33	17
Wise	50	30	41	32
Wood	29	19	45	22
Yoakum	**	**	19	10
Young	29	25	59	31
Zapata	.	**	10	9
Zavala	.	25	34	34
Total	45	24	50	38

Notes:

** = Attrition rate is less than zero (0).
. = The necessary data are unavailable to calculate the attrition rate.

Calculation: Attrition is calculated by (1) dividing the high school enrollment in the end year by the high school enrollment in the base year; (2) multiplying the results from Calculation 1 by the ninth grade enrollment in the base year; (3) subtracting the results from Calculation 2 from 12th grade enrollment in the end year; and (4) dividing the results of Calculation 3 by the result of Calculation 2. The attrition rate results (percentages) were rounded to the nearest whole number.

See also the IDRA’s Attrition Model for a discussion of the theoretical basis for this calculation.

For a summary of dropout rates over time, see the Longitudinal Attrition Rates in Texas Public High Schools.

Please, direct any question about this table to Mr. Roy L. Johnson, director of IDRA’s Division of Evaluation Research.