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1993-94 and 1996-97 Enrollment Data and 1996-97 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	1993-94 9th Grade Enrollment	1996-97 12th Grade Enrollment	1993-94 9-12th Grade Enrollment	1996-97 9-12th Grade Enrollment	1996-97 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	655	431	2,034	2,536	758	352	43
Male	341	233	1,057	1,188	444	383	39
Female	314	198	977	1,168	402	375	47
Asian/Pacific Islander	6,537	5,940	23,884	27,134	7,426	1,486	20
Male	3,405	2,979	12,319	13,934	3,851	872	23
Female	3,132	2,961	11,565	13,200	3,575	614	17
Black	47,212	26,005	128,186	143,926	53,009	27,004	51
Male	24,333	12,207	64,013	71,906	27,333	15,126	55
Female	22,879	13,798	64,173	72,020	25,676	11,878	46
White	140,110	103,186	463,722	502,311	151,772	48,586	32
Male	72,996	52,004	237,919	257,967	79,147	27,143	34
Female	67,114	51,182	225,803	244,344	72,625	21,443	30
Hispanic	113,617	59,309	308,365	350,740	129,219	69,910	54
Male	60,358	29,336	158,654	180,021	68,487	39,151	57
Female	53,259	29,973	149,711	170,719	60,732	30,759	51
All Groups	308,131	194,871	926,187	1,026,467	342,184	147,313	43
Male	161,433	96,759	473,947	525,016	179,201	82,442	46
Female	146,698	98,112	452,240	501,451	162,983	64,871	40
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 1996-97 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 1993-94 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 1996-97. 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, 1997. 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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