Student Dropout

Ratesin Austin Independent School District

by Alisa, Fernanda, and Julianne

What are dropout rates?

The annual dropout rate is the

percentage of students in a

specified grade range who

drop out of school during one

school year. This data set

includes both the number and

rate of annual dropouts for all

Grade 7-12 students and

various student groups.

AISD Rates grade 7-12

2010-2011: 2.6%

2011-2012: 2.5%

2012-2013: 1.8%

found using the following formula-

(number of students who dropped out during the

year/number of students enrolled during the

year) x 100

Breakdown of students dropouts

Dropout rates by Race (shows the percentage of students of this race that drop out of school)

African American: 2.7%

White: .8%

Hispanic: 2.2%

Asian: .8%

Pacific Islander: 3%

American Indian: 4.9%

Multiracial: .9%

Breakdown of Student Dropouts

Breaking down the 2012-2013 rates by

economic status

2.1% of economically disadvantaged kids

dropped out of school in 2012-2013

425 of 16,671 students

How does this compare?

Other school districts in Texas dropout rates in

2012-2013 school year

Houston Independent School District: 2.7%

Dallas Independent School District: 2.0%

San Antonio Independent School District: 3.9%

How does this compare?

Total Amount of students in grades 7-12

Austin ISD total students: 34,110

Houston ISD total students: 78,318

Dallas ISD total students: 63,066

San Antonio ISD total students: 21,699

How does this compare?

How does Texas compare to other states

(2011-2012 school year)?

Texas dropout rate: 2.5%

California dropout rate: 4.0%

Florida dropout rate: 2.1%

New York dropout rate: 3.8%

How did we get this information

Step 1: go to tea.texas.gov

Step 2: Under Reports & Data click on school performance

Step 3: On the school performance page click on

accountability research

Step 4: Once there, click on Completion, Graduation and

Dropouts

Step 5: From there you will find all of our information, we

used numerous years for different statistics and different

states and cities