High School Graduation Profile: Central Texas & Texas

High School Graduation Profile data for
Central Texas & Texas.

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High School Graduation Profile

In 2013, Texas passed House Bill 5 (HB5), which established the Foundation High School Program, replacing the prior requirements. Since passage of HB5, on-time high school graduation rates have increased universally across the state, rarely falling below 90%.

Even with these changes, students have unequal access to supports and resources that impact their likelihood of high school graduation, leading to disparities in graduation rates by gender, household income, and race. Factors like chronic absence and high mobility impact graduation rates, even when students experience them in middle and early high school.

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2023

90%

24,427 / 27,065

Central Texas

Four-Year High School Graduation Rate

2023

90%

362,798 / 403,872

Texas

Four-Year High School Graduation Rate

Texas graduation rates increased over past ten years.

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Disparities exist in high school graduation rates by household income status.

Disparities in high school graduation by household income status have decreased in Texas, but progress is stalling regionally across the state. The one exception is in Rio Grande Valley, where we see a decrease in disparities in high school graduation rates when comparing students by household income status.

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High school graduation rates vary by race/ethnicity in Texas.

Over the last 10 years, disparities in high school graduation rates narrowed. In 2023, we saw a widening gap when comparing graduation rates by race/ethnicity in Texas.

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Digging deeper: income, gender, and race/ethnicity play a role in high school graduation rates.

Four-Year High School Graduation Rates, Class of 2023

 
 
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About this data:

E3 Alliance relies primarily on data from the University of Texas Education Research Center (ERC). This data allows for a year-by-year understanding of high school graduation based on where a student attends school. This data pertains to high school students who were enrolled within the state of Texas for any grades 9-12, excluding students who left the Texas public education system for reasons other than dropping out.

Following are items to note:

The year of the data represents the year of high school graduation. Intra-year moves reflect whether a student moved to a different school during a given school year. There is a delay in data availability due to state approval within the ERC and analysis time. As such, if you choose to explore data from Central Texas, the graphs below present high school graduation data in the most recent available year in Texas schools.



Cohort: First-time 9th grade students who graduate within four years, including students who transfer in


Outcomes that reference data from 2021, 2022, or 2023 do not include San Marcos CISD, due to a data discrepancy.

The conclusions of this research do not necessarily reflect the opinions or official position of the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or the State of Texas.