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Students Lost to Attrition in Texas 85 86 to 04 05

Number of Students Lost from to Attrition in Texas, School Years 1985-86 to 2004-05

School Year
Total
Race-Ethnicity
Gender
Native American

Asian/
Pacific
Islander

Black
White
Hispanic
Male
Female

1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05

86,276
90,317
92,213
88,538
86,160

91,424
101,358

123,200
135,438
147,313
150,965
151,779
146,714
144,241
143,175
143,280
139,413
137,424
185
152
159
252
196

215
248

296
350
327
352
299
406
413
237
436
495
490
1,523
1,406
1,447
1,189
1,214

1,196
1,307

1,226
1,303
1,486
1,730
1,680
1,771
1,794
1,244
1,611
1,575
1,789
12,268
14,416
15,273
15,474
15,423

15,016
17,032

22,856
25,078
27,004
26,938
25,526
25,097
24,515
25,017
25,066
24,728
24,373
38,717
38,848
34,889
28,309
24,510

27,055
32,611

41,648
45,302
48,586
49,135
48,178
44,275
41,734
39,953
36,948
33,104
31,378
33,583
35,495
40,435
43,314
44,817

47,942
50,160

57,174
63,405
69,910
72,810
76,096
75,165
75,785
76,724
79,219
79,511
79,394
46,603
48,912
50,595
49,049
48,665

51,937
57,332

68,725
75,854
82,442
85,585
86,438
83,976
82,845
82,762
82,621
80,485
78,858
39,673
41,405
41,618
39,489
37,495

39,487
44,026

54,475
59,584
64,871
65,380
65,341
62,738
61,396
60,413
60,659
58,928
58,566
All Years
2,199,228
5,508
26,491
381,100
685,190
1,100,939
1,243,684
955,544

Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data.
Rates were not calculated for the 1990-91 and 1993-94 school years due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Intercultural Development Research Association, 2005.

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