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1996-97 and 1999-00 Enrollment Data and 1999-00 Attrition in Texas
Race-Ethnicity and Gender	1996-97 9th Grade Enrollment	1999-00 12th Grade Enrollment	1996-97 9-12th Grade Enrollment	1999-00 9-12th Grade Enrollment	1999-00 Expected 12th Grade Enrollment	Students Lost to Attrition	Attrition Rate
Native American	806	530	2,356	2,735	936	406	43
Male	406	257	1,188	1,368	468	211	45
Female	400	273	1,168	1,367	468	195	42
Asian/Pacific Islander	7,665	7,078	27,134	31,318	8,849	1,771	20
Male	4,091	3,630	13,934	16,161	4,745	1,115	23
Female	3,574	3,448	13,200	15,157	4,104	656	16
Black	50,935	27,844	143,926	149,543	52,941	25,097	47
Male	26,884	13,164	71,906	75,186	28,110	14,946	53
Female	24,051	14,680	72,020	74,357	24,831	10,151	41
White	151,126	111,188	502,308	516,739	155,463	44,275	28
Male	79,108	56,202	257,964	264,961	81,254	25,052	31
Female	72,018	54,986	244,344	251,778	74,209	19,223	26
Hispanic	132,196	69,438	350,740	383,698	144,603	75,165	52
Male	70,083	33,790	180,021	196,335	76,442	42,652	56
Female	62,113	35,648	170,719	187,343	68,161	32,513	48
All Groups	342,728	216,078	1,026,464	1,084,033	362,792	146,714	40
Male	180,572	107,043	525,013	554,031	191,019	83,976	44
Female	162,156	109,035	501,451	530,002	171,773	62,738	36
Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data. IDRA’s 1999-00 attrition study involved the analysis of enrollment figures for public high school students in the ninth grade during 1996-97 school year and enrollment figures for 12th grade students in 1999-00. 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, 2000. 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. Please, direct any question about this table to Mr. Roy L. Johnson, director of IDRA’s Division of Evaluation Research.

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