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Annual Dropout Rates, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade Span,
Texas Public Schools, 2020-21

Group Grade span Dropouts Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grades 7-8 4,055 402,855 1.0
Grades 9-12 25,962 762,183 3.4
Grades 7-12 30,017 1,165,038 2.6
 
Bilingual or English as a second language Grades 7-8 1,509 153,918 1.0
Grades 9-12 8,704 210,228 4.1
Grades 7-12 10,213 364,146 2.8
 
Career and technical education concentrator Grades 7-8 13 2,604 0.5
Grades 9-12 6,018 660,568 0.9
Grades 7-12 6,031 663,172 0.9
 
Dyslexia Grades 7-8 286 48,611 0.6
Grades 9-12 1,157 69,609 1.7
Grades 7-12 1,443 118,220 1.2
 
Emergent bilingual student/English learner Grades 7-8 1,605 161,847 1.0
Grades 9-12 9,247 222,576 4.2
Grades 7-12 10,852 384,423 2.8
 
Foster care Grades 7-8 61 2,451 2.5
Grades 9-12 335 4,420 7.6
Grades 7-12 396 6,871 5.8
 
Gifted and talented Grades 7-8 348 94,158 0.4
Grades 9-12 575 159,094 0.4
Grades 7-12 923 253,252 0.4
 
Homeless Grades 7-8 361 11,815 3.1
Grades 9-12 1,781 24,997 7.1
Grades 7-12 2,142 36,812 5.8
 
Immigrant Grades 7-8 257 12,465 2.1
Grades 9-12 1,603 24,822 6.5
Grades 7-12 1,860 37,287 5.0
 
Migrant Grades 7-8 43 2,890 1.5
Grades 9-12 246 6,196 4.0
Grades 7-12 289 9,086 3.2
 
State definition military-connected Grades 7-8 131 24,181 0.5
Grades 9-12 435 45,261 1.0
Grades 7-12 566 69,442 0.8
 
Federal definition military-connected Grades 7-8 87 11,431 0.8
Grades 9-12 223 20,400 1.1
Grades 7-12 310 31,831 1.0
 
Overage Grades 7-8 2,655 129,567 2.0
Grades 9-12 27,776 335,691 8.3
Grades 7-12 30,431 465,258 6.5
 
Special education Grades 7-8 1,343 101,578 1.3
Grades 9-12 5,441 169,835 3.2
Grades 7-12 6,784 271,413 2.5
 
Section 504 Grades 7-8 556 90,344 0.6
Grades 9-12 3,050 156,776 1.9
Grades 7-12 3,606 247,120 1.5
 
Title I Grades 7-8 5,917 539,244 1.1
Grades 9-12 23,792 751,529 3.2
Grades 7-12 29,709 1,290,773 2.3
 
 

Note. A dot (.) indicates there were no students in the group or, in rare cases, that a reporting anomaly prevented calculation of the rate.

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