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2000-01 and 2003-04 Enrollment Data and 2003-04 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	2000-01 9th Grade Enrollment	2003-04 12th Grade Enrollment	2000-01 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2003-04 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2003-04 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	996	693	2,920	3,483	1,188	495	42
Male	522	343	1,486	1,792	629	286	46
Female	474	350	1,434	1,691	559	209	37
Asian/Pacific Islander	8,742	8,297	32,221	36,373	9,872	1,575	16
Male	4,633	4,260	16,572	18,888	5,281	1,021	19
Female	4,109	4,037	15,649	17,485	4,591	554	12
Black	52,168	31,589	151,431	163,474	56,317	24,728	44
Male	27,574	15,119	76,401	82,468	29,764	14,645	49
Female	24,594	16,470	75,030	81,006	26,553	10,083	38
White	149,154	116,019	515,353	510,497	147,758	33,104	22
Male	77,642	58,107	263,856	262,350	77,199	19,092	25
Female	71,512	56,547	251,497	248,147	70,559	14,012	20
Hispanic	142,886	83,512	395,984	451,742	163,023	79,511	49
Male	75,946	41,434	202,808	231,994	86,875	45,441	52
Female	66,940	42,078	193,176	219,748	76,148	34,070	45
All Groups	354,946	238,745	1,097,909	1,165,569	378,158	139,413	36
Male	186,317	119,263	561,123	597,492	199,748	80,485	40
Female	167,629	119,482	536,786	568,077	178,410	58,928	33
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 2003-04 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 2000-01 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 2003-04. 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, 2004. 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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