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1997-98 and 2000-01 Enrollment Data and 2000-01 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	1997-98 9th Grade Enrollment	2000-01 12th Grade Enrollment	1997-98 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2000-01 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2000-01 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	858	574	2,538	2,922	987	413	42
Male	462	297	1,304	1,488	527	230	44
Female	396	277	1,234	1,434	460	183	40
Asian/Pacific Islander	8,068	7,287	28,630	32,221	9,081	1,794	20
Male	4,161	3,625	14,601	16,573	4,723	1,098	23
Female	3,907	3,662	14,029	15,648	4,358	696	16
Black	51,250	28,294	147,013	151,443	52,809	24,515	46
Male	27,046	13,474	73,753	76,402	28,017	14,543	52
Female	24,204	14,820	73,260	75,041	24,792	9,972	40
White	151,132	110,509	511,455	515,260	152,243	41,734	27
Male	79,298	55,817	262,956	263,804	79,554	23,737	30
Female	71,834	54,692	248,499	251,456	72,689	17,997	25
Hispanic	134,798	70,486	364,826	395,916	146,271	75,785	52
Male	71,892	34,598	187,272	202,754	77,835	43,237	56
Female	62,906	35,888	177,554	193,162	68,436	32,548	48
All Groups	346,106	217,150	1,054,462	1,097,762	361,391	144,241	40
Male	182,859	107,811	539,886	561,021	190,656	82,845	43
Female	163,247	108,339	514,576	536,741	170,735	61,396	36
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 2000-01 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 1997-98 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 2000-01. This period represents the time span when ninth grade students would be enrolled in school prior to graduation. The enrollment data for special school districts (military schools, state schools, and charter schools) were excluded from the analyses since they are likely to have unstable enrollments and/or lack a tax base to support school programs. Source: Intercultural Development Research Association, 2001. 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. See also the Longitudinal Attrition Rates in Texas for a historic view of the dropout rates and comparison between the IDRA Attrition rates and TEA Dropout rates over time.

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