Tens of thousands more students either dropped out or otherwise left Texas public schools during the 2020-21 school year, compared to previous years, according to the most recently available records from the Texas Education Agency.
High schools saw the highest increase in its dropout rate. The rate increased to 2.4 percent in the 2020-21 school year, from 1.9 percent in the 2018-19 school year.
The numbers of students leaving for schools outside of the state or for Texas private schools remained flat, according to the data, aside from a slight decrease during the 2019-20 school year.TEA data shows the 10 highest-paid school superintendents in the Houston area and Texas
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