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Attrition Rates 95 96

Attrition Rates in Texas Public Schools By Race-Ethnicity, 1995-96

County Name Black White Hispanic Total
Anderson 52 35 72 41
Andrews ** 32 38 33
Angelina 29 28 35 29
Aransas 57 42 44 42
Archer 100 21 84 24
Armstrong . 27 . 25
Atascosa 67 30 45 43
Austin 47 27 63 35
Bailey 60 37 55 48
Bandera 100 32 74 41
Bastrop 54 36 55 43
Baylor 45 28 78 36
Bee 25 30 44 39
Bell 39 30 50 35
Bexar 48 28 52 44
Blanco . 24 13 21
Borden . 25 36 29
Bosque 73 28 64 35
Bowie 37 29 68 32
Brazoria 51 43 56 47
Brazos 51 29 57 39
Brewster . 31 18 23
Briscoe . 19 16 20
Brooks . 4 32 30
Brown 41 30 51 34
Burleson 24 9 40 19
Burnet 64 42 66 47
Caldwell 38 41 51 45
Calhoun 70 36 63 50
Callahan . 32 37 32
Cameron 85 37 49 49
Camp 26 37 56 36
Carson . 14 42 16
Cass 32 33 43 33
Castro 57 6 42 31
Chambers 38 39 39 39
Cherokee 31 34 73 38
Childress 33 19 47 26
Clay . 23 29 23
Cochran 23 33 74 56
Coke . 34 78 59
Coleman ** 22 26 21
Collin 39 25 51 28
Collingsworth 37 22 50 29
Colorado 38 22 39 29
Comal 60 22 53 32
Comanche . 18 38 24
Concho . 3 27 18
Cooke 11 29 56 30
Coryell 47 28 46 32
Cottle . 22 25 26
Crane 24 28 28 29
Crockett . 26 29 24
Crosby 56 32 34 29
Culberson ** 14 29 23
Dallam 44 17 45 25
Dallas 56 31 65 47
Dawson 45 4 33 22
Deaf Smith 48 12 45 34
Delta ** 23 0 14
Denton 44 34 54 36
Dewitt 35 21 43 29
Dickens . 26 63 37
Dimmit 100 15 42 40
Donley 49 17 36 23
Duval . 19 28 28
Eastland 17 19 49 24
Ector 40 36 57 46
Edwards . 36 26 32
Ellis 37 34 59 39
El Paso 53 27 45 43
Erath 40 26 51 29
Falls 41 31 57 39
Fannin 45 25 51 27
Fayette 37 30 42 32
Fisher ** 7 23 4
Floyd ** 14 36 28
Foard 20 7 78 21
Fort Bend 55 32 58 44
Franklin 77 41 66 46
Freestone 27 26 50 27
Frio 100 16 42 37
Gaines 69 19 50 35
Galveston 56 34 58 42
Garza 19 14 40 26
Gillespie . 17 45 24
Glasscock . 21 51 32
Goliad ** 37 48 37
Gonzales 53 30 47 40
Gray 28 29 48 32
Grayson 45 32 56 34
Gregg 45 28 65 35
Grimes 59 42 62 51
Guadalupe 23 26 60 40
Hale 23 22 49 37
Hall 54 14 51 36
Hamilton . 33 22 32
Hansford . 18 42 24
Hardeman ** 27 42 28
Hardin 52 36 37 38
Harris 55 34 60 48
Harrison 51 37 69 43
Hartley . ** 60 4
Haskell ** 31 26 29
Hays 60 38 58 48
Hemphill . 14 75 35
Henderson 43 25 56 29
Hidalgo 82 24 54 53
Hill 44 29 39 31
Hockley 30 14 45 28
Hood 100 36 53 37
Hopkins 43 24 67 29
Houston 46 29 27 35
Howard 39 31 40 35
Hudspeth . 8 41 35
Hunt 41 38 64 40
Hutchinson 3 25 49 26
Irion . 23 15 21
Jack . 18 52 20
Jackson 34 34 60 41
Jasper 26 33 42 31
Jeff Davis 100 41 32 49
Jefferson 52 30 57 42
Jim Hogg . 0 32 30
Jim Wells 100 25 32 31
Johnson 62 41 63 44
Jones 29 24 35 26
Karnes 71 35 38 38
Kaufman 42 44 66 45
Kendall 81 34 45 37
Kent . ** 9 5
Kerr 34 32 47 36
Kimble . 31 27 28
King . ** 100 12
Kinney 100 9 28 23
Kleberg 62 20 46 39
Knox 16 ** 33 9
Lamar 18 24 31 24
Lamb 40 25 39 33
Lampasas 79 39 62 44
La Salle . ** 39 35
Lavaca 47 14 33 18
Lee 41 30 69 39
Leon 39 21 57 27
Liberty 35 42 69 43
Limestone 27 20 56 26
Lipscomb . 11 51 22
Live Oak . 24 47 35
Llano 100 26 40 28
Lubbock 28 22 40 28
Lynn ** 14 33 25
Madison 34 37 79 40
Marion 29 41 . 34
Martin 38 26 34 28
Mason . 11 24 14
Matagorda 46 34 54 42
Maverick . 3 39 38
McCulloch 10 15 30 22
McLennan 52 31 64 43
McMullen . 37 26 34
Medina 62 33 49 42
Menard . 12 30 14
Midland 46 26 48 35
Milam 42 22 52 33
Mills . 20 ** 17
Mitchell ** 20 40 23
Montague . 28 37 28
Montgomery 42 33 50 35
Moore ** 16 40 27
Morris 38 39 69 40
Motley 38 18 47 23
Nacogdoches 57 26 70 38
Navarro 34 27 52 30
Newton 23 39 79 35
Nolan 19 36 46 39
Nueces 51 34 52 46
Ochiltree . 31 54 37
Oldham . 11 48 17
Orange 53 34 16 36
Palo Pinto 40 36 54 39
Panola 46 26 76 32
Parker 61 40 60 41
Parmer . 6 46 29
Pecos 100 24 46 40
Polk 47 40 56 42
Potter 57 33 61 42
Presidio . 55 40 41
Rains ** 41 54 38
Randall 78 33 53 35
Reagan 42 18 33 28
Real . 51 32 53
Red River 35 25 15 27
Reeves 100 29 49 47
Refugio ** 18 29 21
Roberts . 10 100 13
Roberston 50 21 58 40
Rockwall 43 44 68 46
Runnels 75 21 43 29
Rusk 34 30 54 32
Sabine 27 28 0 29
San Augustine 20 27 0 24
San Jacinto 23 43 71 39
San Patricio 28 31 47 41
San Saba 0 48 34 45
Schleicher 0 19 28 22
Scurry 46 25 51 34
Shackelford . 10 54 17
Shelby 41 34 60 36
Sherman . ** 31 2
Smith 45 29 64 36
Somervell . 30 24 29
Starr . 58 54 54
Stephens 79 33 67 40
Sterling . 6 ** 3
Stonewall 100 27 66 38
Sutton . 7 24 14
Swisher 10 13 41 25
Tarrant 53 33 57 40
Taylor 51 32 54 38
Terrell . ** 17 **
Terry 68 10 59 41
Throckmorton . ** 45 **
Titus 37 23 77 37
Tom Green 42 27 41 32
Travis 60 35 66 50
Trinity 57 38 40 42
Tyler 21 29 . 28
Upshur 24 40 76 39
Upton 0 27 20 24
Uvalde . 31 40 37
Val Verde 54 31 43 42
Van Zandt ** 30 41 29
Victoria 47 32 55 45
Walker 38 26 32 31
Waller 51 41 61 48
Ward 91 21 23 26
Washington 29 15 35 20
Webb ** 27 45 44
Wharton 39 19 48 33
Wheeler 11 ** 46 4
Wichita 29 27 37 28
Wilbarger 25 23 43 27
Willacy 38 31 47 46
Williamson 41 29 51 33
Wilson 80 27 41 33
Winkler 20 35 31 34
Wise 61 32 39 34
Wood 27 29 44 29
Yoakum . 26 29 28
Young 29 32 55 34
Zapata . 26 25 25
Zavala . ** 45 44
State Total 51 31 53 42


Notes:


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 the 12th grade enrollment in the 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 Lee Johnson, a Senior Research Associate in IDRA’s Division of Research and Evaluation.
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