Differences in Dropout Rates as a Function of High School Size for Students in Poverty: A Texas Multiyear, Statewide Study

Autor/inn/en	Ambrose, Amy R.; Moore, George W.; Slate, John R.; Martinez-Garcia, Cynthia
Titel	Differences in Dropout Rates as a Function of High School Size for Students in Poverty: A Texas Multiyear, Statewide Study
Quelle	In: School Leadership Review, 12 (2017) 2, S.55-67, Artikel 7 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-4998
Schlagwörter	Dropout Rate; High Schools; School Size; Low Income Students; Poverty; Academic Achievement; Differences; High School Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Armut; Schulleistung; Unterscheiden; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Lower academic achievement can lead to high dropout rates, especially for students in poverty. With respect to the topic of school size, whether large-size or small-size schools are better with respect to student achievement, is an ongoing argument. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the degree to which differences might be present in high school dropout rates as a function of high school size for students in poverty. Specifically, high school size and dropout rates were analyzed for two school years: 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. These school years were selected because they constituted the most recent data available for Texas high schools. Participants in this study were students who were determined to be economically disadvantaged and who are enrolled in traditional Grade 9 through Grade 12 Texas high schools. Findings suggest that students in poverty who were enrolled in smaller size high schools had statistically significantly higher dropout rates than their peers who were in poverty but were enrolled at high schools with higher levels of student enrollment. For both school years, regardless of the high school size classifications, high schools with smaller student enrollment had higher dropout rates. For students in poverty, in the state of Texas, smaller high schools were not conducive for preventing drop out. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01