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1998-99 and 2001-02 Enrollment Data and 2001-02 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	1998-99 9th Grade Enrollment	2001-02 12th Grade Enrollment	1998-99 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2001-02 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2001-02 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	926	567	3,499	3,037	804	237	29
Male	500	299	1,770	1,552	438	139	32
Female	426	268	1,729	1,485	366	98	27
Asian/Pacific Islander	8,295	7,833	30,952	33,863	9,077	1,244	14
Male	4,370	3,931	15,904	17,471	4,801	870	18
Female	3,925	3,902	15,048	16,392	4,276	374	9
Black	51,393	28,879	148,019	155,232	53,896	25,017	46
Male	27,187	13,667	74,565	78,161	28,498	14,831	52
Female	24,206	15,212	73,454	77,071	25,398	10,186	40
White	151,856	112,229	515,464	516,595	152,182	39,953	26
Male	79,304	56,577	264,900	264,775	79,266	22,689	29
Female	72,552	55,652	250,564	251,820	72,916	17,264	24
Hispanic	135,682	73,760	373,757	414,535	150,484	76,724	51
Male	72,313	35,955	191,933	212,835	80,188	44,233	55
Female	63,369	37,805	181,824	201,700	70,296	32,491	46
All Groups	348,152	223,268	1,071,691	1,123,262	366,443	143,175	39
Male	183,674	110,429	549,072	574,794	193,191	82,762	43
Female	164,478	112,839	522,619	548,468	173,252	60,413	35
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 2001-02 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 1998-99 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 2001-02. 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, 2002. 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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