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Grade-Level Retention, by Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Grade, 2005-06,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 1,562 46,175 3.4
Grade 1 4,001 48,385 8.3
Grade 2 2,422 47,055 5.1
Grade 3 2,146 47,122 4.6
Grade 4 1,311 45,427 2.9
Grade 5 1,939 47,660 4.1
Grade 6 997 46,553 2.1
Grade 7 1,567 50,229 3.1
Grade 8 1,146 48,990 2.3
Grade 9 11,300 56,144 20.1
Grade 10 5,360 44,711 12.0
Grade 11 3,287 37,341 8.8
Grade 12 2,891 34,689 8.3
 
Total 39,929 600,481 6.6
 
Asian/Pacific Islander Grade K 187 10,754 1.7
Grade 1 192 10,679 1.8
Grade 2 118 10,584 1.1
Grade 3 112 10,801 1.0
Grade 4 55 10,459 0.5
Grade 5 76 10,088 0.8
Grade 6 30 9,955 0.3
Grade 7 38 9,924 0.4
Grade 8 56 9,786 0.6
Grade 9 669 10,581 6.3
Grade 10 385 9,803 3.9
Grade 11 232 9,381 2.5
Grade 12 324 9,307 3.5
 
Total 2,474 132,102 1.9
 
Hispanic Grade K 5,969 169,516 3.5
Grade 1 13,454 172,324 7.8
Grade 2 7,684 162,836 4.7
Grade 3 6,187 158,448 3.9
Grade 4 3,339 150,161 2.2
Grade 5 5,449 152,074 3.6
Grade 6 2,066 142,525 1.4
Grade 7 4,082 148,316 2.8
Grade 8 3,184 142,697 2.2
Grade 9 36,453 163,932 22.2
Grade 10 14,196 120,492 11.8
Grade 11 8,513 97,818 8.7
Grade 12 9,364 92,974 10.1
 
Total 119,940 1,874,113 6.4
 
Native American Grade K 56 1,118 5.0
Grade 1 72 1,163 6.2
Grade 2 33 1,074 3.1
Grade 3 21 1,106 1.9
Grade 4 12 1,036 1.2
Grade 5 28 1,113 2.5
Grade 6 12 1,027 1.2
Grade 7 24 1,117 2.1
Grade 8 27 1,068 2.5
Grade 9 213 1,230 17.3
Grade 10 79 1,031 7.7
Grade 11 56 868 6.5
Grade 12 47 844 5.6
 
Total 680 13,795 4.9
 
White Grade K 4,785 115,879 4.1
Grade 1 4,821 118,412 4.1
Grade 2 2,220 115,361 1.9
Grade 3 1,292 115,798 1.1
Grade 4 948 115,745 0.8
Grade 5 1,399 117,148 1.2
Grade 6 961 118,779 0.8
Grade 7 1,602 124,344 1.3
Grade 8 1,426 126,680 1.1
Grade 9 12,091 136,629 8.8
Grade 10 6,212 126,007 4.9
Grade 11 3,894 115,173 3.4
Grade 12 4,202 115,764 3.6
 
Total 45,853 1,561,719 2.9
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 7,780 203,555 3.8
Grade 1 17,047 210,213 8.1
Grade 2 9,631 198,345 4.9
Grade 3 7,815 194,548 4.0
Grade 4 4,361 184,179 2.4
Grade 5 6,980 187,195 3.7
Grade 6 3,017 173,719 1.7
Grade 7 5,311 178,671 3.0
Grade 8 3,904 169,288 2.3
Grade 9 38,122 180,628 21.1
Grade 10 15,007 129,870 11.6
Grade 11 8,762 101,483 8.6
Grade 12 9,145 90,513 10.1
 
Total 136,882 2,202,207 6.2
 
Female Grade K 4,259 166,170 2.6
  Grade 1 8,645 169,547 5.1
  Grade 2 5,350 163,559 3.3
  Grade 3 4,272 162,620 2.6
  Grade 4 2,401 157,811 1.5
  Grade 5 4,283 160,329 2.7
  Grade 6 1,254 155,131 0.8
  Grade 7 2,469 162,234 1.5
  Grade 8 2,260 160,635 1.4
  Grade 9 23,622 176,197 13.4
  Grade 10 10,381 149,443 6.9
  Grade 11 6,185 129,563 4.8
  Grade 12 8,040 126,311 6.4
 
  Total 83,421 2,039,550 4.1
 
Male Grade K 8,300 177,272 4.7
  Grade 1 13,895 181,416 7.7
  Grade 2 7,127 173,351 4.1
  Grade 3 5,486 170,655 3.2
  Grade 4 3,264 165,017 2.0
  Grade 5 4,608 167,754 2.7
  Grade 6 2,812 163,708 1.7
  Grade 7 4,844 171,696 2.8
  Grade 8 3,579 168,586 2.1
  Grade 9 37,104 192,319 19.3
  Grade 10 15,851 152,601 10.4
  Grade 11 9,797 131,018 7.5
  Grade 12 8,788 127,267 6.9
 
  Total 125,455 2,142,660 5.9

Note. A dash (-) indicates data are not reported to protect student anonymity. When the number of retained is not reported, the total number of students is presented in intervals of 50 to provide a general idea of the number of students in the group while maintaining student anonymity. In a group of <150, for example, the number of students is between 100 and 149. A dot (.) indicates there were no students in the group.
 

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