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High School Graduation in Texas

By Christopher B. Swanson — May 26, 2010 1 min read
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Over 120,000 Students in Texas Failed to Graduate in 2006, Most were Minorities

Analyses from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center estimate that over 120,000 public high school students in the state of Texas failed to graduate with a regular diploma last school year. To put this crisis in perspective, the number of non-graduates is about double the combined number of students entering 9th grade in the state’s seven largest school districts. Seventy percent of all non-graduates were members of minority racial and ethnic groups, indicating that minority students are disproportionately affected by this graduation crisis.

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