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Grade-Level Retention, by Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade, 2008-09,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 1,372 46,631 2.9
Grade 1 3,404 50,107 6.8
Grade 2 1,929 49,336 3.9
Grade 3 1,555 49,727 3.1
Grade 4 756 48,171 1.6
Grade 5 1,046 48,405 2.2
Grade 6 540 47,571 1.1
Grade 7 773 47,855 1.6
Grade 8 842 48,669 1.7
Grade 9 8,225 54,790 15.0
Grade 10 4,312 46,013 9.4
Grade 11 3,017 40,560 7.4
Grade 12 3,509 38,952 9.0
 
Total 31,280 616,787 5.1
 
Asian/Pacific Islander Grade K 197 13,194 1.5
Grade 1 229 13,121 1.7
Grade 2 158 13,598 1.2
Grade 3 122 13,153 0.9
Grade 4 54 12,421 0.4
Grade 5 63 12,153 0.5
Grade 6 27 12,285 0.2
Grade 7 34 12,250 0.3
Grade 8 72 11,690 0.6
Grade 9 678 12,548 5.4
Grade 10 318 11,409 2.8
Grade 11 239 10,826 2.2
Grade 12 389 10,734 3.6
 
Total 2,580 159,382 1.6
 
Hispanic Grade K 5,313 181,483 2.9
Grade 1 12,921 189,704 6.8
Grade 2 7,200 184,038 3.9
Grade 3 5,476 179,135 3.1
Grade 4 2,448 170,099 1.4
Grade 5 3,571 167,095 2.1
Grade 6 1,571 161,238 1.0
Grade 7 2,463 159,003 1.5
Grade 8 3,184 157,282 2.0
Grade 9 27,841 171,505 16.2
Grade 10 11,822 134,754 8.8
Grade 11 9,155 119,025 7.7
Grade 12 13,264 115,536 11.5
 
Total 106,229 2,089,897 5.1
 
Native American Grade K 46 1,277 3.6
Grade 1 74 1,343 5.5
Grade 2 40 1,237 3.2
Grade 3 22 1,145 1.9
Grade 4 13 1,180 1.1
Grade 5 22 1,181 1.9
Grade 6 10 1,190 0.8
Grade 7 14 1,167 1.2
Grade 8 24 1,229 2.0
Grade 9 145 1,255 11.6
Grade 10 79 1,137 6.9
Grade 11 43 990 4.3
Grade 12 63 1,007 6.3
 
Total 595 15,338 3.9
 
White Grade K 4,108 114,062 3.6
Grade 1 4,342 118,275 3.7
Grade 2 1,961 117,123 1.7
Grade 3 1,243 118,745 1.0
Grade 4 713 117,606 0.6
Grade 5 1,033 116,377 0.9
Grade 6 644 117,445 0.5
Grade 7 983 119,200 0.8
Grade 8 1,043 119,553 0.9
Grade 9 8,127 127,030 6.4
Grade 10 4,594 118,295 3.9
Grade 11 3,401 113,064 3.0
Grade 12 4,825 115,341 4.2
 
Total 37,017 1,532,116 2.4
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 5,846 196,189 3.0
Grade 1 14,109 210,592 6.7
Grade 2 7,830 204,932 3.8
Grade 3 5,929 200,986 2.9
Grade 4 2,676 190,059 1.4
Grade 5 3,943 186,743 2.1
Grade 6 1,708 178,291 1.0
Grade 7 2,346 172,034 1.4
Grade 8 2,921 167,400 1.7
Grade 9 22,994 170,368 13.5
Grade 10 10,219 135,153 7.6
Grade 11 7,795 115,910 6.7
Grade 12 11,204 108,433 10.3
 
Total 99,520 2,237,090 4.4
 
Female Grade K 3,787 172,925 2.2
  Grade 1 7,831 179,364 4.4
  Grade 2 4,642 177,657 2.6
  Grade 3 3,649 176,819 2.1
  Grade 4 1,670 170,924 1.0
  Grade 5 2,698 168,342 1.6
  Grade 6 877 165,685 0.5
  Grade 7 1,428 164,943 0.9
  Grade 8 2,274 164,855 1.4
  Grade 9 16,632 174,946 9.5
  Grade 10 8,087 153,075 5.3
  Grade 11 6,258 140,498 4.5
  Grade 12 10,946 140,845 7.8
 
  Total 70,779 2,150,878 3.3
 
Male Grade K 7,249 183,722 3.9
  Grade 1 13,139 193,186 6.8
  Grade 2 6,646 187,675 3.5
  Grade 3 4,769 185,086 2.6
  Grade 4 2,314 178,553 1.3
  Grade 5 3,037 176,869 1.7
  Grade 6 1,915 174,044 1.1
  Grade 7 2,839 174,532 1.6
  Grade 8 2,891 173,568 1.7
  Grade 9 28,384 192,182 14.8
  Grade 10 13,038 158,533 8.2
  Grade 11 9,597 143,967 6.7
  Grade 12 11,104 140,725 7.9
 
  Total 106,922 2,262,642 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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