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At Risk

Texas requires that the academic progress of any student who is under 21 years of age and meets one of the 15 at-risk indicators listed below should be carefully monitored to ensure that the student receives instructional support to enhance their opportunities for academic success. In ECISD, the progress of these students is carefully followed, and the students benefit from the District’s Response to Intervention process and counseling services, as well as other drop-out prevention efforts.

A student at risk of dropping out of school  includes each student who is under 21 years of age and who:

  1. Was not advanced from one grade level to the next for one or more school years;
  2. Is in grade 7-12 and did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester in the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such an average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in the current semester;
  3. Did not perform satisfactorily on a state assessment instrument, and who has not in the previous or current school year subsequently performed on that instrument or another appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument;
  4. Is in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or grade 1,2, or 3, and did not perform satisfactorily on a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the current school year;
  5. Is pregnant or is a parent;
  6. Has been placed in a DAEP in accordance with §37.006 during the preceding or current school year;
  7. Has been expelled in accordance with §37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
  8. Is currently on parole, probation, deferred prosecution, or other conditional release;
  9. Was previously reported through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out of school;
  10. Is an emergent bilingual student (formerly LEP student), as defined by §29.052;
  11. Is in the custody or care of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or has, during the current school year, been referred to the department by a school official, officer of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
  12. Is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. §11302, and its subsequent amendments;
  13. Resided, in the preceding school year, or who resides, in the current school year, in a residential placement facility within the district, including a detention facility, substance abuse treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital, halfway house, or foster group home;
  14. Has been incarcerated or has a parent or guardian who has been incarcerated, within the lifetime of the student, in a penal institution as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code;
  15. Is enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school, or a campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school, that is designated as a dropout recovery school under TEC 39.0548. 

To receive additional information regarding intervention programs for students at risk, please contact your child’s campus, or contact the Curriculum and Instruction Departments 979-543-8255.