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1999-00 and 2002-03 Enrollment Data and 2002-03 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	1999-00 9th Grade Enrollment	2002-03 12th Grade Enrollment	1999-00 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2002-03 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2002-03 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	926	670	2,737	3,269	1,106	436	39
Male	452	319	1,369	1,629	538	219	41
Female	474	351	1,368	1,640	568	217	38
Asian/Pacific Islander	8,593	8,102	31,324	35,406	9,713	1,611	17
Male	4,490	4,087	16,165	18,244	5,068	981	19
Female	4,103	4,015	15,159	17,485	4,591	554	12
Black	52,159	30,713	149,569	159,911	55,779	25,066	45
Male	27,495	14,778	75,201	80,803	29,543	14,765	50
Female	24,664	15,935	74,368	79,108	26,236	10,301	39
White	152,856	116,019	517,435	517,790	152,967	36,948	24
Male	79,891	58,862	265,326	265,992	80,092	21,230	27
Female	72,965	57,157	252,109	251,798	72,875	15,718	22
Hispanic	140,013	79,647	383,945	435,559	158,866	79,219	50
Male	74,127	39,127	196,484	224,120	84,553	45,426	54
Female	65,886	40,520	187,461	211,439	74,313	33,793	45
All Groups	354,547	235,151	1,085,010	1,151,935	378,431	143,280	38
Male	186,455	117,173	554,545	590,788	199,794	82,621	41
Female	168,092	117,978	530,465	561,147	178,637	60,659	34
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 2002-03 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 1999-00 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 2002-03. 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, 2003. 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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