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1994-95 and 1997-98 Enrollment Data and 1997-98 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	1994-95 9th Grade Enrollment	1997-98 12th Grade Enrollment	1994-95 9-12th Grade Enrollment	1997-98 9-12th Grade Enrollment	1997-98 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	721	494	2,162	2,536	846	352	42
Male	379	245	1,112	1,302	444	199	45
Female	342	249	1,050	1,234	402	153	38
Asian/Pacific Islander	6,944	6,354	24,674	28,724	8,084	1,730	21
Male	3,543	3,110	12,562	14,644	4,130	1,020	25
Female	3,401	3,244	12,112	14,080	3,954	710	18
Black	49,611	27,755	133,586	147,215	54,693	26,938	49
Male	25,686	13,094	66,404	73,848	28,565	15,471	54
Female	23,925	14,661	67,182	73,367	26,128	11,467	44
White	146,324	108,196	476,949	512,797	157,331	49,135	31
Male	76,549	54,836	244,556	263,658	82,528	27,692	34
Female	69,775	53,360	232,393	249,139	74,803	21,443	29
Hispanic	119,151	63,897	318,078	364,954	136,707	72,810	53
Male	63,209	31,269	163,395	187,341	72,472	41,203	57
Female	55,942	32,628	154,683	177,613	64,235	31,607	49
All Groups	322,751	206,696	955,449	1,056,226	357,661	150,965	42
Male	169,366	102,554	488,029	540,793	188,139	85,585	45
Female	153,385	104,142	467,420	515,433	169,522	65,380	38
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 1997-98 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 1994-95 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 1997-98. 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, 1998. 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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