Austin High Failing Rate Tops 44 Percent in Last Grading Period
Austin officials report 44 percent of high school students earned at least one F in the last grading period ending May 29, with 42 percent of junior high students failing in one course. Superintendent John Ellis calls the rise a reckoning and urges serious attention to passing studies. Among Hispanic students 56 percent and black students 53.8 percent had at least one F.