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Attrition Rates in Texas Public Schools By Race-Ethnicity, 1997-98

County Name	Black	White	Hispanic	Total
Anderson	55	30	55	39
Andrews	12	29	39	33
Angelina	22	28	46	30
Aransas	69	50	63	52
Archer	100	19	56	20
Armstrong	.	16	.	17
Atascosa	89	20	39	33
Austin	41	18	64	31
Bailey	13	13	43	32
Bandera	.	34	71	42
Bastrop	52	29	57	39
Baylor	27	33	26	32
Bee	34	32	47	42
Bell	42	32	49	37
Bexar	47	29	51	44
Blanco	60	18	38	22
Borden	?	18	25	20
Bosque	46	25	45	29
Bowie	43	26	63	32
Brazoria	53	43	61	49
Brazos	53	28	61	41
Brewster	?	19	22	21
Briscoe	?	26	44	29
Brooks	?	5	43	41
Brown	70	34	52	40
Burleson	35	36	43	37
Burnet	52	39	57	43
Caldwell	27	42	56	47
Calhoun	71	41	66	52
Callahan	.	21	50	23
Cameron	54	35	58	56
Camp	17	28	66	29
Carson	.	4	38	6
Cass	30	29	68	30
Castro	18	**	31	20
Chambers	40	39	35	39
Cherokee	30	29	60	33
Childress	24	16	44	24
Clay	.	16	8	16
Cochran	26	25	49	38
Coke	97	21	82	51
Coleman	0	21	22	19
Collin	42	26	54	29
Collingsworth	**	0	48	15
Colorado	39	21	58	33
Comal	52	29	53	37
Comanche	50	15	48	26
Concho	.	20	11	18
Cooke	30	35	78	39
Coryell	49	32	49	37
Cottle	60	**	**	0
Crane	15	16	39	27
Crockett	.	34	36	35
Crosby	41	23	37	32
Culberson	.	11	50	43
Dallam	**	17	41	25
Dallas	54	33	65	48
Dawson	27	15	41	31
Deaf Smith	**	7	46	32
Delta	**	20	**	17
Denton	43	36	57	38
Dewitt	39	17	52	30
Dickens	40	19	51	27
Dimmit	65	30	38	38
Donley	8	16	60	21
Duval	.	31	29	30
Eastland	**	30	37	30
Ector	51	32	52	42
Edwards	.	31	39	34
Ellis	47	36	59	42
El Paso	45	24	42	40
Erath	.	27	42	30
Falls	56	27	44	40
Fannin	50	26	64	29
Fayette	38	17	28	21
Fisher	100	**	40	13
Floyd	39	23	48	37
Foard	17	**	44	12
Fort Bend	48	32	58	42
Franklin	55	36	64	39
Freestone	12	19	55	19
Frio	100	8	33	29
Gaines	52	37	47	43
Galveston	52	32	55	39
Garza	4	9	20	14
Gillespie	100	21	64	32
Glasscock	.	**	45	16
Goliad	39	48	40	45
Gonzales	42	17	42	32
Gray	25	22	44	27
Grayson	42	35	57	37
Gregg	47	29	66	37
Grimes	50	36	55	44
Guadalupe	56	34	62	47
Hale	44	28	54	45
Hall	13	10	52	30
Hamilton	.	19	53	22
Hansford	.	8	50	25
Hardeman	**	**	55	3
Hardin	41	31	53	33
Harris	52	32	59	46
Harrison	44	30	70	37
Hartley	.	26	100	31
Haskell	**	14	28	17
Hays	62	37	55	45
Hemphill	.	30	61	44
Henderson	35	31	62	34
Hidalgo	48	26	51	50
Hill	31	26	58	31
Hockley	43	9	49	30
Hood	36	35	54	37
Hopkins	34	28	62	31
Houston	48	25	77	37
Howard	45	24	59	37
Hudspeth	.	23	35	32
Hunt	51	32	60	37
Hutchinson	2	14	47	19
Irion	.	23	38	25
Jack	.	26	17	26
Jackson	46	18	55	30
Jasper	22	35	50	32
Jeff Davis	100	46	52	58
Jefferson	53	30	65	43
Jim Hogg	.	29	33	32
Jim Wells	37	17	40	36
Johnson	40	42	56	44
Jones	22	27	34	28
Karnes	65	25	41	34
Kaufman	52	42	65	45
Kendall	83	38	65	44
Kent	80	**	**	**
Kerr	33	36	57	41
Kimble	.	29	50	34
King	.	15	**	17
Kinney	56	36	23	30
Kleberg	75	10	48	40
Knox	60	6	55	30
Lamar	27	32	33	31
Lamb	27	12	44	31
Lampasas	71	33	62	40
La Salle	.	26	42	43
Lavaca	46	14	49	21
Lee	50	30	67	41
Leon	15	21	31	20
Liberty	34	38	61	40
Limestone	15	22	52	25
Lipscomb	.	9	44	17
Live Oak	.	21	52	38
Llano	.	37	39	37
Lubbock	26	18	41	27
Lynn	54	18	43	31
Madison	44	31	71	41
Marion	41	63	.	53
Martin	**	16	50	30
Mason	.	7	31	13
Matagorda	42	32	55	41
Maverick	.	52	41	41
McColluch	21	17	45	27
McLennan	47	32	60	41
McMullen	.	13	67	35
Medina	37	27	47	37
Menard	.	38	45	43
Midland	46	27	50	35
Milam	43	27	55	37
Mills	100	20	61	30
Mitchell	**	21	47	30
Montague	.	26	59	29
Montgomery	41	36	59	39
Moore	.	23	53	38
Morris	36	33	35	33
Motley	17	16	**	7
Nacogdoches	55	30	66	41
Navarro	41	24	55	31
Newton	45	31	63	35
Nolan	59	31	42	37
Nueces	50	32	48	43
Ochiltree	.	41	47	43
Oldham	.	30	13	24
Orange	42	31	43	33
Palo Pinto	22	35	37	35
Panola	42	32	56	35
Parker	64	43	70	45
Parmer	64	15	37	29
Pecos	89	32	48	44
Polk	22	34	57	35
Potter	61	38	63	47
Presidio	.	5	52	50
Rains	63	33	61	35
Randall	56	25	43	27
Reagan	**	25	20	21
Real	67	33	55	44
Red River	32	24	79	28
Reeves	44	17	44	40
Refugio	25	3	45	27
Roberts	.	**	17	**
Robertson	43	23	52	34
Rockwall	39	38	56	40
Runnels	0	7	50	23
Rusk	37	34	42	35
Sabine	28	23	60	24
San Augustine	29	22	25	25
San Jacinto	41	47	70	47
San Patricio	35	36	49	43
San Saba	40	17	64	30
Schleicher	.	6	41	23
Scurry	29	27	45	34
Shackelford	.	24	11	23
Shelby	35	21	45	27
Sherman	.	2	44	15
Smith	51	29	66	40
Somervell	.	24	29	24
Starr	0	46	52	52
Stephens	64	31	57	36
Sterling	.	18	**	11
Stonewall	50	24	68	36
Sutton	0	**	25	9
Swisher	0	24	47	32
Tarrant	48	33	60	41
Taylor	44	28	57	36
Terrell	.	**	6	**
Terry	74	14	51	39
Throckmorton	.	14	67	19
Titus	38	20	63	36
Tom Green	50	25	53	37
Travis	61	37	66	52
Trinity	38	36	85	40
Tyler	7	35	**	31
Upshur	42	32	63	34
Upton	43	13	34	22
Uvalde	71	31	40	38
Val Verde	64	40	49	48
Van Zandt	45	33	52	33
Victoria	42	32	61	48
Walker	40	26	54	34
Waller	44	29	61	39
Ward	41	30	43	38
Washington	38	17	61	27
Webb	.	34	40	39
Wharton	45	18	51	34
Wheeler	**	19	46	22
Wichita	37	33	49	35
Wilbarger	31	25	66	36
Willacy	100	29	55	53
Williamson	49	32	55	37
Wilson	44	24	51	36
Winkler	8	37	36	36
Wise	36	30	52	33
Wood	14	26	40	26
Yoakum	63	21	46	35
Young	32	22	28	23
Zapata	.	**	25	24
Zavala	33	51	43	44
Total	49	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.