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Grade-Level Retention, by Instructional Program and Special Population, and Grade, 2006-07,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 5,588 141,977 3.9
Grade 1 14,582 174,853 8.3
Grade 2 8,512 169,714 5.0
Grade 3 6,259 157,833 4.0
Grade 4 3,218 121,556 2.6
Grade 5 4,978 123,026 4.0
Grade 6 2,122 123,819 1.7
Grade 7 3,237 126,804 2.6
Grade 8 2,723 143,242 1.9
Grade 9 35,628 174,300 20.4
Grade 10 16,173 135,480 11.9
Grade 11 10,678 129,967 8.2
Grade 12 13,346 115,653 11.5
 
Total 127,044 1,838,224 6.9
 
Bilingual or English as a second language Grade K 1,285 63,736 2.0
Grade 1 4,338 65,146 6.7
Grade 2 2,855 58,562 4.9
Grade 3 2,366 52,411 4.5
Grade 4 1,064 36,333 2.9
Grade 5 1,296 27,183 4.8
Grade 6 50 4,822 1.0
Grade 7 - <200 2.2
Grade 8 0 112 0.0
Grade 9 6 45 13.3
Grade 10 - <50 7.4
Grade 11 - <50 8.7
Grade 12 - <50 4.5
 
Total - <308,650 4.3
 
Career and technical education Grade K 0 0 0.0
Grade 1 0 0 0.0
Grade 2 0 0 0.0
Grade 3 0 0 0.0
Grade 4 0 0 0.0
Grade 5 0 0 0.0
Grade 6 0 0 0.0
Grade 7 0 0 0.0
Grade 8 0 0 0.0
Grade 9 6,742 67,968 9.9
Grade 10 5,405 95,229 5.7
Grade 11 4,035 108,530 3.7
Grade 12 5,475 119,022 4.6
 
Total 21,657 390,749 5.5
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 15 9,334 0.2
Grade 1 13 14,183 0.1
Grade 2 26 20,655 0.1
Grade 3 15 25,967 0.1
Grade 4 19 30,726 0.1
Grade 5 25 33,088 0.1
Grade 6 26 33,284 0.1
Grade 7 52 34,995 0.1
Grade 8 33 34,621 0.1
Grade 9 602 33,056 1.8
Grade 10 381 31,621 1.2
Grade 11 269 29,387 0.9
Grade 12 203 28,505 0.7
 
Total 1,679 359,422 0.5
 
Immigrant Grade K 190 8,140 2.3
Grade 1 592 11,158 5.3
Grade 2 383 8,749 4.4
Grade 3 220 6,616 3.3
Grade 4 148 5,505 2.7
Grade 5 223 5,505 4.1
Grade 6 69 5,197 1.3
Grade 7 110 5,435 2.0
Grade 8 103 5,219 2.0
Grade 9 1,585 7,353 21.6
Grade 10 433 4,565 9.5
Grade 11 244 3,099 7.9
Grade 12 417 1,873 22.3
 
Total 4,717 78,414 6.0
 
Limited English proficient Grade K 2,686 95,547 2.8
Grade 1 7,321 99,006 7.4
Grade 2 4,708 91,381 5.2
Grade 3 3,850 83,454 4.6
Grade 4 1,763 58,952 3.0
Grade 5 2,474 47,157 5.2
Grade 6 723 34,851 2.1
Grade 7 948 27,746 3.4
Grade 8 898 29,093 3.1
Grade 9 9,478 32,636 29.0
Grade 10 2,769 18,307 15.1
Grade 11 1,687 13,025 13.0
Grade 12 2,767 9,098 30.4
 
Total 42,072 640,253 6.6
 
Migrant Grade K 160 2,881 5.6
Grade 1 333 3,195 10.4
Grade 2 227 3,096 7.3
Grade 3 166 3,101 5.4
Grade 4 103 3,221 3.2
Grade 5 126 3,171 4.0
Grade 6 50 3,153 1.6
Grade 7 162 3,347 4.8
Grade 8 115 3,508 3.3
Grade 9 1,037 4,010 25.9
Grade 10 351 2,917 12.0
Grade 11 296 2,402 12.3
Grade 12 297 2,084 14.3
 
Total 3,423 40,086 8.5
 
Overage Grade K 98 19,458 0.5
Grade 1 782 42,969 1.8
Grade 2 1,208 53,947 2.2
Grade 3 1,388 61,157 2.3
Grade 4 1,066 64,368 1.7
Grade 5 1,483 68,876 2.2
Grade 6 1,575 72,057 2.2
Grade 7 2,435 69,138 3.5
Grade 8 1,907 69,207 2.8
Grade 9 28,544 105,884 27.0
Grade 10 11,369 70,225 16.2
Grade 11 6,051 47,593 12.7
Grade 12 8,472 48,009 17.6
 
Total 66,378 792,888 8.4
 
Special education Grade K 3,515 28,520 12.3
Grade 1 3,578 33,658 10.6
Grade 2 1,627 35,518 4.6
Grade 3 1,057 40,014 2.6
Grade 4 548 41,631 1.3
Grade 5 769 43,500 1.8
Grade 6 689 43,920 1.6
Grade 7 969 43,185 2.2
Grade 8 1,177 42,497 2.8
Grade 9 10,191 46,292 22.0
Grade 10 4,193 34,274 12.2
Grade 11 2,901 29,683 9.8
Grade 12 4,741 32,487 14.6
 
Total 35,955 495,179 7.3
 
Title I Grade K 9,253 255,509 3.6
Grade 1 20,067 270,069 7.4
Grade 2 11,017 253,435 4.3
Grade 3 8,467 246,756 3.4
Grade 4 4,697 239,694 2.0
Grade 5 6,359 233,734 2.7
Grade 6 2,826 207,159 1.4
Grade 7 3,931 188,045 2.1
Grade 8 3,306 192,097 1.7
Grade 9 31,655 159,503 19.8
Grade 10 12,609 119,833 10.5
Grade 11 7,984 103,187 7.7
Grade 12 9,958 96,967 10.3
 
Total 132,129 2,565,988 5.1

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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