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2001-02 and 2004-05 Enrollment Data and 2004-05 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	2001-02 9th Grade Enrollment	2004-05 12th Grade Enrollment	2001-02 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2004-05 9-12th Grade Enrollment	2004-05 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	985	735	3,038	3,780	1,225	490	40
Male	517	372	1,553	1,914	637	265	42
Female	468	363	1,485	1,866	588	225	38
Asian/Pacific Islander	9,141	8,484	33,866	38,056	10,273	1,789	17
Male	4,820	4,340	17,473	19,694	5,433	1,093	20
Female	4,321	4,144	16,393	18,362	4,840	696	14
Black	53,038	32,942	155,259	167,765	57,315	24,373	43
Male	27,820	15,802	78,179	84,630	30,116	14,314	48
Female	25,218	17,140	77,080	83,135	27,199	10,059	37
White	146,884	113,392	516,934	509,474	147,770	31,378	22
Male	76,716	57,652	264,969	261,675	75,762	18,110	24
Female	70,168	55,740	251,965	247,799	69,008	13,268	19
Hispanic	147,283	87,477	414,607	469,810	166,871	79,394	48
Male	78,403	43,460	212,888	240,403	88,536	45,076	51
Female	68,880	44,017	201,719	229,407	78,335	34,318	44
All Groups	357,331	243,030	1,123,704	1,188,885	380,454	137,424	36
Male	188,276	121,626	575,062	608,316	200,484	78,858	39
Female	169,055	121,404	548,642	580,569	179,970	58,566	32
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 2004-05 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 2001-02 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 2004-05. 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, 2005. 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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