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Grade-Level Retention, by Instructional Program and Special Population, and Grade, 2007-08,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 5,285 146,939 3.6
Grade 1 14,428 185,454 7.8
Grade 2 8,564 181,665 4.7
Grade 3 6,000 166,778 3.6
Grade 4 2,650 127,087 2.1
Grade 5 4,439 125,320 3.5
Grade 6 1,669 121,833 1.4
Grade 7 2,902 128,147 2.3
Grade 8 3,764 133,438 2.8
Grade 9 33,656 171,232 19.7
Grade 10 14,374 137,916 10.4
Grade 11 10,643 132,463 8.0
Grade 12 15,251 119,442 12.8
 
Total 123,625 1,877,714 6.6
 
Bilingual or English as a second language Grade K 1,261 66,628 1.9
Grade 1 4,282 67,973 6.3
Grade 2 2,743 63,071 4.3
Grade 3 2,082 56,288 3.7
Grade 4 938 41,992 2.2
Grade 5 1,277 29,588 4.3
Grade 6 49 5,253 0.9
Grade 7 - <300 0.8
Grade 8 - <200 1.4
Grade 9 - <100 8.1
Grade 10 - <100 2.5
Grade 11 0 20 0.0
Grade 12 - <100 16.7
 
Total - <331,400 3.8
 
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 5,454 62,098 8.8
Grade 10 4,223 88,669 4.8
Grade 11 3,691 106,184 3.5
Grade 12 5,614 121,056 4.6
 
Total 18,982 378,007 5.0
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 9 10,008 0.1
Grade 1 20 14,910 0.1
Grade 2 16 20,977 0.1
Grade 3 21 26,508 0.1
Grade 4 17 31,028 0.1
Grade 5 14 34,628 0.0
Grade 6 20 33,628 0.1
Grade 7 41 35,322 0.1
Grade 8 38 35,028 0.1
Grade 9 575 33,746 1.7
Grade 10 302 31,457 1.0
Grade 11 255 29,716 0.9
Grade 12 196 28,934 0.7
 
Total 1,524 365,890 0.4
 
Immigrant Grade K 130 7,125 1.8
Grade 1 512 9,607 5.3
Grade 2 288 8,257 3.5
Grade 3 178 6,202 2.9
Grade 4 103 5,674 1.8
Grade 5 167 5,138 3.3
Grade 6 78 4,874 1.6
Grade 7 88 5,051 1.7
Grade 8 147 4,960 3.0
Grade 9 1,417 7,012 20.2
Grade 10 345 4,525 7.6
Grade 11 246 3,265 7.5
Grade 12 504 2,091 24.1
 
Total 4,203 73,781 5.7
 
Limited English proficient Grade K 2,636 98,968 2.7
Grade 1 7,155 103,366 6.9
Grade 2 4,530 97,082 4.7
Grade 3 3,474 88,164 3.9
Grade 4 1,578 68,205 2.3
Grade 5 2,202 49,288 4.5
Grade 6 688 38,969 1.8
Grade 7 968 31,909 3.0
Grade 8 1,278 25,781 5.0
Grade 9 9,667 34,469 28.0
Grade 10 2,544 20,002 12.7
Grade 11 1,713 13,853 12.4
Grade 12 3,260 10,405 31.3
 
Total 41,693 680,461 6.1
 
Migrant Grade K 123 2,616 4.7
Grade 1 322 2,929 11.0
Grade 2 156 2,855 5.5
Grade 3 115 2,794 4.1
Grade 4 67 2,779 2.4
Grade 5 90 2,908 3.1
Grade 6 40 2,862 1.4
Grade 7 122 3,041 4.0
Grade 8 118 2,986 4.0
Grade 9 964 3,731 25.8
Grade 10 284 2,556 11.1
Grade 11 257 2,322 11.1
Grade 12 288 2,140 13.5
 
Total 2,946 36,519 8.1
 
Overage Grade K 75 19,247 0.4
Grade 1 717 43,670 1.6
Grade 2 1,105 55,112 2.0
Grade 3 1,387 62,631 2.2
Grade 4 936 65,538 1.4
Grade 5 1,314 70,293 1.9
Grade 6 1,305 71,409 1.8
Grade 7 2,342 76,439 3.1
Grade 8 2,372 69,384 3.4
Grade 9 27,926 107,345 26.0
Grade 10 10,441 70,529 14.8
Grade 11 6,160 50,133 12.3
Grade 12 10,058 50,343 20.0
 
Total 66,138 812,073 8.1
 
Special education Grade K 3,135 26,767 11.7
Grade 1 3,335 31,617 10.5
Grade 2 1,546 33,104 4.7
Grade 3 1,098 36,993 3.0
Grade 4 491 38,584 1.3
Grade 5 962 39,890 2.4
Grade 6 651 39,734 1.6
Grade 7 899 40,830 2.2
Grade 8 1,333 40,385 3.3
Grade 9 10,035 45,055 22.3
Grade 10 3,754 33,180 11.3
Grade 11 2,673 28,765 9.3
Grade 12 5,244 32,534 16.1
 
Total 35,156 467,438 7.5
 
Title I Grade K 8,701 262,127 3.3
Grade 1 19,156 276,129 6.9
Grade 2 10,858 266,122 4.1
Grade 3 8,075 256,250 3.2
Grade 4 4,018 246,622 1.6
Grade 5 5,917 243,106 2.4
Grade 6 2,330 208,119 1.1
Grade 7 3,483 193,838 1.8
Grade 8 4,349 188,704 2.3
Grade 9 28,887 156,852 18.4
Grade 10 9,882 117,467 8.4
Grade 11 7,357 103,814 7.1
Grade 12 10,391 100,462 10.3
 
Total 123,404 2,619,612 4.7

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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