A report on the numbers of African American students by cohort

(These figures come from the Virginia Department of Education September 30 enrollment figures.)

	9th grade	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade
Class of 1999	22,501	19,301	15,852	15,521
Class of 2000	23,479	19,524	16,269	15,838
Class of 2001	23,093	19,527	16,217	15,968
Class of 2002	24,218	19,903	16,940	16,169
Class of 2003	25,675	21,536	18,360	17,768
Class of 2004	27,491	22,030	18,314	18,154

The percentage of students gone from the cohort that started in 9th grade

Class of 1999	31% loss
Class of 2000	32.5% loss
Class of 2001	30.9% loss
Class of 2002	33.2% loss
Class of 2003	30.8% loss
Class of 2004	34% loss

What is of further concern is the loss between 9th and 10th grade, when we can look at African-American students who would be members of the Classes of 2005 and 2006. The percentage of African-Americans being lost between 9th and 10th grade is rising.

Class of 2001	15.4% loss
Class of 2002	17.8% loss
Class of 2003	16.1% loss
Class of 2004	19.9% loss
Class of 2005	19.9% loss
Class of 2006	20.3% loss