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Students Lost to Attrition in Texas 85 86 to 07 08

Number of Students Lost from to Attrition in Texas, School Years 1985-86 to 2007-08

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
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08

86,276
90,317
92,213
88,538
86,160
83,718
91,424
101,358
113,061
123,200
135,438
147,313
150,965
151,779
146,714
144,241
143,175
143,280
139,413
137,424
137,162
134,676
132,815
185
152
159
252
196
207
215
248
245
296
350
327
352
299
406
413
237
436
495
490
512
500
581
1,523
1,406
1,447
1,189
1,214
1,324
1,196
1,307
1,472
1,226
1,303
1,486
1,730
1,680
1,771
1,794
1,244
1,611
1,575
1,789
1,876
1,547
1,635
12,268
14,416
15,273
15,474
15,423
14,133
15,016
17,032
19,735
22,856
25,078
27,004
26,938
25,526
25,097
24,515
25,017
25,066
24,728
24,373
24,366
23,845
23,036
38,717
38,848
34,889
28,309
24,510
23,229
27,055
32,611
37,377
41,648
45,302
48,586
49,135
48,178
44,275
41,734
39,953
36,948
33,104
31,378
29,903
28,339
25,923
33,583
35,495
40,435
43,314
44,817
44,825
47,942
50,160
54,232
57,174
63,405
69,910
72,810
76,096
75,165
75,785
76,724
79,219
79,511
79,394
80,505
80,445
81,640
46,603
48,912
50,595
49,049
48,665
47,723
51,937
57,332
63,557
68,725
75,854
82,442
85,585
86,438
83,976
82,845
82,762
82,621
80,485
78,858
78,298
76,965
76,532
39,673
41,405
41,618
39,489
37,495
35,995
39,487
44,026
49,504
54,475
59,584
64,871
65,380
65,341
62,738
61,396
60,413
60,659
58,928
58,566
58,864
57,711
56,283
All Years
2,800,660
7,553
34,345
486,215
829,961
1,442,586
1,586,759
1,213,901

Figures calculated by IDRA from the Texas Education Agency Fall Membership Survey data.
Source: Intercultural Development Research Association, 2008.

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