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Grade-Level Retention, by Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Grade, 2006-07,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 1,525 45,583 3.3
Grade 1 3,935 50,060 7.9
Grade 2 2,178 47,588 4.6
Grade 3 1,832 47,345 3.9
Grade 4 1,133 46,672 2.4
Grade 5 1,450 46,482 3.1
Grade 6 843 47,246 1.8
Grade 7 1,029 47,602 2.2
Grade 8 848 49,502 1.7
Grade 9 10,836 56,412 19.2
Grade 10 5,041 44,922 11.2
Grade 11 3,116 38,341 8.1
Grade 12 3,077 34,719 8.9
 
Total 36,843 602,474 6.1
 
Asian/Pacific Islander Grade K 191 11,697 1.6
Grade 1 221 11,913 1.9
Grade 2 129 11,255 1.1
Grade 3 120 11,219 1.1
Grade 4 50 11,294 0.4
Grade 5 68 10,924 0.6
Grade 6 23 10,543 0.2
Grade 7 51 10,503 0.5
Grade 8 66 10,355 0.6
Grade 9 576 11,147 5.2
Grade 10 313 10,209 3.1
Grade 11 238 9,558 2.5
Grade 12 352 9,888 3.6
 
Total 2,398 140,505 1.7
 
Hispanic Grade K 5,930 174,198 3.4
Grade 1 13,979 181,681 7.7
Grade 2 7,932 169,607 4.7
Grade 3 6,056 164,228 3.7
Grade 4 3,257 158,209 2.1
Grade 5 4,551 154,410 2.9
Grade 6 2,084 151,353 1.4
Grade 7 3,317 147,482 2.2
Grade 8 2,800 147,816 1.9
Grade 9 34,976 168,515 20.8
Grade 10 14,236 125,768 11.3
Grade 11 8,604 103,819 8.3
Grade 12 11,306 95,491 11.8
 
Total 119,028 1,942,577 6.1
 
Native American Grade K 66 1,195 5.5
Grade 1 75 1,186 6.3
Grade 2 28 1,161 2.4
Grade 3 22 1,100 2.0
Grade 4 13 1,130 1.2
Grade 5 23 1,072 2.1
Grade 6 11 1,128 1.0
Grade 7 22 1,076 2.0
Grade 8 23 1,154 2.0
Grade 9 168 1,250 13.4
Grade 10 71 1,013 7.0
Grade 11 52 939 5.5
Grade 12 46 913 5.0
 
Total 620 14,317 4.3
 
White Grade K 4,734 114,261 4.1
Grade 1 4,960 120,112 4.1
Grade 2 2,116 116,989 1.8
Grade 3 1,412 115,602 1.2
Grade 4 898 116,204 0.8
Grade 5 1,196 116,375 1.0
Grade 6 855 117,745 0.7
Grade 7 1,244 120,269 1.0
Grade 8 1,206 123,499 1.0
Grade 9 10,657 134,081 7.9
Grade 10 5,581 122,510 4.6
Grade 11 3,790 115,394 3.3
Grade 12 4,561 115,420 4.0
 
Total 43,210 1,548,461 2.8
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 7,686 206,236 3.7
Grade 1 17,758 220,148 8.1
Grade 2 9,707 205,173 4.7
Grade 3 7,514 197,788 3.8
Grade 4 4,163 191,373 2.2
Grade 5 5,749 186,515 3.1
Grade 6 2,768 180,510 1.5
Grade 7 4,009 173,219 2.3
Grade 8 3,209 172,656 1.9
Grade 9 36,268 182,830 19.8
Grade 10 14,640 133,705 10.9
Grade 11 8,566 106,135 8.1
Grade 12 10,688 91,384 11.7
 
Total 132,725 2,247,672 5.9
 
Female Grade K 4,135 167,546 2.5
  Grade 1 8,900 176,073 5.1
  Grade 2 5,146 169,121 3.0
  Grade 3 4,081 165,011 2.5
  Grade 4 2,336 162,935 1.4
  Grade 5 3,625 161,160 2.2
  Grade 6 1,211 159,630 0.8
  Grade 7 1,982 158,667 1.2
  Grade 8 1,886 161,915 1.2
  Grade 9 22,400 177,419 12.6
  Grade 10 10,079 150,203 6.7
  Grade 11 6,250 134,008 4.7
  Grade 12 9,366 128,002 7.3
 
  Total 81,397 2,071,690 3.9
 
Male Grade K 8,311 179,388 4.6
  Grade 1 14,270 188,879 7.6
  Grade 2 7,237 177,479 4.1
  Grade 3 5,361 174,483 3.1
  Grade 4 3,015 170,574 1.8
  Grade 5 3,663 168,103 2.2
  Grade 6 2,605 168,385 1.5
  Grade 7 3,681 168,265 2.2
  Grade 8 3,057 170,411 1.8
  Grade 9 34,813 193,986 17.9
  Grade 10 15,163 154,219 9.8
  Grade 11 9,550 134,043 7.1
  Grade 12 9,976 128,429 7.8
 
  Total 120,702 2,176,644 5.5

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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