Table 5.Attendance and dropout rates for Texas and Galveston County school districts, for school years 1997-1998 through 2001-2002, in percent
		1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002
		Attendance Rate
State		95.3	95.4	95.6	95.5	95.6
Galveston County Independent School Districts
Clear Creek		95.9	96.1	96.4	95.9	95.8
Dickinson		94.3	94.4	94.9	95.1	94.4
Friendswood		96.3	96.5	96.9	94.7	96.5
Galveston		93.3	93.1	94.4	94.1	94.5
High Island		94.0	95.2	94.8	94.8	95.3
Hitchcock		94.5	95.7	95.1	95.2	94.7
La Marque		94.5	94.9	95.0	94.8	94.7
Santa Fe		95.1	95.4	95.6	95.0	95.3
Texas City		94.5	95.2	95.6	95.4	95.1
		Annual Dropout Rate
State		1.6	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.9
Galveston County Independent School Districts
Clear Creek		0.9	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.3
Dickinson		1.4	2.2	2.5	1.3	1.1
Friendswood		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Galveston		0.9	1.2	1.6	1.1	0.8
High Island		1.7	1.4	1.5	1.0	0.0
Hitchcock		1.2	4.5	1.4	0.6	0.2
La Marque		1.5	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1
Santa Fe		0.6	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.9
Texas City		0.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	1.0
-Attendance rates are calculated by dividing the total number of days students were present for the specified school year by the total number of days students were enrolled for the specified school year.
-Annual dropout rate is the count of official dropouts of all grades (7-12) divided by the number of students in all grades (7-12).
Source: Texas Education Agency
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/index.html
-Used "Attendance Rate" for the specified school year
-Used "Annual Dropout Rate" for the specified school year
(Accessed 6/7/04)