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Grade-Level Retention, by Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Grade, 2007-08,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 1,418 46,044 3.1
Grade 1 3,719 49,682 7.5
Grade 2 2,193 49,263 4.5
Grade 3 1,817 48,128 3.8
Grade 4 924 47,432 1.9
Grade 5 1,360 47,561 2.9
Grade 6 640 46,472 1.4
Grade 7 1,009 48,313 2.1
Grade 8 1,137 47,440 2.4
Grade 9 10,467 57,081 18.3
Grade 10 4,534 45,227 10.0
Grade 11 2,999 38,983 7.7
Grade 12 3,604 37,027 9.7
 
Total 35,821 608,653 5.9
 
Asian/Pacific Islander Grade K 210 11,991 1.8
Grade 1 235 12,843 1.8
Grade 2 158 12,507 1.3
Grade 3 95 11,848 0.8
Grade 4 39 11,717 0.3
Grade 5 88 11,793 0.7
Grade 6 27 11,536 0.2
Grade 7 52 11,206 0.5
Grade 8 68 10,908 0.6
Grade 9 661 11,871 5.6
Grade 10 310 10,887 2.8
Grade 11 238 10,133 2.3
Grade 12 406 10,053 4.0
 
Total 2,587 149,293 1.7
 
Hispanic Grade K 5,470 177,587 3.1
Grade 1 13,338 186,752 7.1
Grade 2 7,570 178,329 4.2
Grade 3 5,616 170,386 3.3
Grade 4 2,746 163,935 1.7
Grade 5 4,058 161,198 2.5
Grade 6 1,753 154,159 1.1
Grade 7 2,884 155,767 1.9
Grade 8 3,762 147,467 2.6
Grade 9 33,363 172,578 19.3
Grade 10 12,365 130,345 9.5
Grade 11 8,670 110,350 7.9
Grade 12 12,653 104,920 12.1
 
Total 114,248 2,013,773 5.7
 
Native American Grade K 46 1,251 3.7
Grade 1 65 1,253 5.2
Grade 2 32 1,142 2.8
Grade 3 18 1,158 1.6
Grade 4 12 1,126 1.1
Grade 5 27 1,173 2.3
Grade 6 12 1,134 1.1
Grade 7 10 1,201 0.8
Grade 8 13 1,093 1.2
Grade 9 176 1,312 13.4
Grade 10 65 1,053 6.2
Grade 11 69 980 7.0
Grade 12 53 985 5.4
 
Total 598 14,861 4.0
 
White Grade K 4,313 114,214 3.8
Grade 1 4,495 118,217 3.8
Grade 2 2,179 118,399 1.8
Grade 3 1,372 117,297 1.2
Grade 4 784 115,826 0.7
Grade 5 1,213 116,717 1.0
Grade 6 750 117,102 0.6
Grade 7 1,097 119,536 0.9
Grade 8 1,343 119,770 1.1
Grade 9 10,164 130,563 7.8
Grade 10 4,940 120,930 4.1
Grade 11 3,554 113,008 3.1
Grade 12 4,808 116,345 4.1
 
Total 41,012 1,537,924 2.7
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 7,006 205,804 3.4
Grade 1 16,678 220,552 7.6
Grade 2 9,397 211,952 4.4
Grade 3 7,091 202,031 3.5
Grade 4 3,475 193,580 1.8
Grade 5 5,203 191,167 2.7
Grade 6 2,321 179,783 1.3
Grade 7 3,559 178,872 2.0
Grade 8 4,287 166,439 2.6
Grade 9 35,007 185,026 18.9
Grade 10 12,899 135,959 9.5
Grade 11 8,681 111,338 7.8
Grade 12 11,804 99,159 11.9
 
Total 127,408 2,281,662 5.6
 
Female Grade K 3,818 169,373 2.3
  Grade 1 8,344 177,873 4.7
  Grade 2 5,019 175,113 2.9
  Grade 3 3,895 170,475 2.3
  Grade 4 1,906 165,603 1.2
  Grade 5 3,314 165,554 2.0
  Grade 6 1,035 160,869 0.6
  Grade 7 1,737 163,321 1.1
  Grade 8 2,665 158,834 1.7
  Grade 9 21,283 178,309 11.9
  Grade 10 8,674 151,583 5.7
  Grade 11 6,115 136,146 4.5
  Grade 12 10,767 135,423 8.0
 
  Total 78,572 2,108,476 3.7
 
Male Grade K 7,639 181,714 4.2
  Grade 1 13,508 190,874 7.1
  Grade 2 7,113 184,527 3.9
  Grade 3 5,023 178,342 2.8
  Grade 4 2,599 174,433 1.5
  Grade 5 3,432 172,888 2.0
  Grade 6 2,147 169,534 1.3
  Grade 7 3,315 172,702 1.9
  Grade 8 3,658 167,844 2.2
  Grade 9 33,548 195,096 17.2
  Grade 10 13,540 156,859 8.6
  Grade 11 9,415 137,308 6.9
  Grade 12 10,757 133,907 8.0
 
  Total 115,694 2,216,028 5.2

Note. A dash (-) indicates data are not reported to protect student anonymity. When the number of retained students is not reported, the total number of students is presented in such a manner as to provide a general idea of the number of students in the group while maintaining student anonymity.

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