Post on 11-Jul-2015
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