Abstract

Examined in this study were dropout rates for Black Hispanic and White middle schools students during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years Texas middle school dropout rates were downloaded from the Texas Academic Performance Reports for two school years Inferential statistical analyses were conducted separately for each ethnic racial group to determine whether changes had occurred in their dropout rates between the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years Black and White students did not have a statistically significant difference in their dropout rates between those two school years Hispanic students however had a statistically significantly higher dropout rate in the 2013-2014 school year than in the 2012-2013 school year Implications of these results are discussed as well as recommendations for future research