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Grade-Level Retention, by Instructional Program and Special Population, and Grade, 2008-09,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 5,323 153,938 3.5
Grade 1 13,982 185,146 7.6
Grade 2 8,022 186,520 4.3
Grade 3 5,814 176,489 3.3
Grade 4 2,513 138,262 1.8
Grade 5 4,041 133,722 3.0
Grade 6 1,542 124,710 1.2
Grade 7 2,363 128,322 1.8
Grade 8 3,139 136,769 2.3
Grade 9 26,788 160,747 16.7
Grade 10 13,581 139,606 9.7
Grade 11 10,862 137,654 7.9
Grade 12 15,683 125,768 12.5
 
Total 113,653 1,927,653 5.9
 
Bilingual Grade K 1,226 68,630 1.8
Grade 1 4,185 69,886 6.0
Grade 2 2,734 65,135 4.2
Grade 3 2,067 60,005 3.4
Grade 4 816 45,698 1.8
Grade 5 1,174 31,653 3.7
Grade 6 - <5,400 0.8
Grade 7 - <300 1.2
Grade 8 0 100 0.0
Grade 9 0 1 0.0
Grade 10 0 0 0.0
Grade 11 0 0 0.0
Grade 12 0 0 0.0
 
Total 12,249 346,696 3.5
 
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 1 0.0
Grade 9 5,803 74,430 7.8
Grade 10 4,339 94,706 4.6
Grade 11 3,663 111,584 3.3
Grade 12 5,635 126,121 4.5
 
Total 19,440 406,842 4.8
 
English as a second language Grade K 575 20,578 2.8
Grade 1 1,149 22,243 5.2
Grade 2 751 22,385 3.4
Grade 3 636 21,115 3.0
Grade 4 257 18,576 1.4
Grade 5 470 13,387 3.5
Grade 6 363 28,700 1.3
Grade 7 465 27,466 1.7
Grade 8 768 21,667 3.5
Grade 9 4,714 23,164 20.4
Grade 10 1,708 16,268 10.5
Grade 11 1,355 11,907 11.4
Grade 12 2,603 8,737 29.8
 
Total 15,814 256,193 6.2
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 16 11,404 0.1
Grade 1 25 16,416 0.2
Grade 2 16 22,159 0.1
Grade 3 14 27,332 0.1
Grade 4 11 31,939 0.0
Grade 5 12 34,880 0.0
Grade 6 21 34,925 0.1
Grade 7 38 36,999 0.1
Grade 8 31 35,741 0.1
Grade 9 488 34,192 1.4
Grade 10 239 32,214 0.7
Grade 11 182 30,020 0.6
Grade 12 157 29,524 0.5
 
Total 1,250 377,745 0.3
 
Immigrant Grade K 130 6,611 2.0
Grade 1 413 8,668 4.8
Grade 2 258 7,241 3.6
Grade 3 139 5,629 2.5
Grade 4 81 4,991 1.6
Grade 5 137 4,949 2.8
Grade 6 37 4,440 0.8
Grade 7 54 4,691 1.2
Grade 8 102 4,783 2.1
Grade 9 1,145 6,988 16.4
Grade 10 344 4,382 7.9
Grade 11 244 3,397 7.2
Grade 12 498 2,309 21.6
 
Total 3,582 69,079 5.2
 
Limited English proficient Grade K 2,433 101,428 2.4
Grade 1 6,861 105,417 6.5
Grade 2 4,336 100,282 4.3
Grade 3 3,373 93,299 3.6
Grade 4 1,394 74,092 1.9
Grade 5 1,976 52,479 3.8
Grade 6 572 40,087 1.4
Grade 7 722 33,963 2.1
Grade 8 1,076 27,335 3.9
Grade 9 7,742 30,698 25.2
Grade 10 2,547 20,382 12.5
Grade 11 1,928 14,959 12.9
Grade 12 3,330 11,236 29.6
 
Total 38,290 705,657 5.4
 
Migrant Grade K 124 2,516 4.9
Grade 1 350 2,949 11.9
Grade 2 176 2,769 6.4
Grade 3 126 2,801 4.5
Grade 4 49 2,779 1.8
Grade 5 52 2,796 1.9
Grade 6 47 2,792 1.7
Grade 7 110 3,017 3.6
Grade 8 99 2,987 3.3
Grade 9 844 3,455 24.4
Grade 10 266 2,616 10.2
Grade 11 215 2,344 9.2
Grade 12 317 2,384 13.3
 
Total 2,775 36,205 7.7
 
Overage Grade K 81 17,964 0.5
Grade 1 546 42,144 1.3
Grade 2 886 55,780 1.6
Grade 3 1,157 63,474 1.8
Grade 4 673 66,263 1.0
Grade 5 1,179 71,094 1.7
Grade 6 1,081 72,291 1.5
Grade 7 1,958 76,007 2.6
Grade 8 2,060 78,672 2.6
Grade 9 25,005 107,461 23.3
Grade 10 10,043 70,999 14.1
Grade 11 6,536 53,227 12.3
Grade 12 11,163 55,649 20.1
 
Total 62,368 831,025 7.5
 
Special education Grade K 3,040 25,854 11.8
Grade 1 2,950 30,438 9.7
Grade 2 1,342 32,180 4.2
Grade 3 851 36,038 2.4
Grade 4 363 36,687 1.0
Grade 5 645 38,611 1.7
Grade 6 470 37,092 1.3
Grade 7 687 37,855 1.8
Grade 8 960 39,061 2.5
Grade 9 8,514 43,431 19.6
Grade 10 3,630 32,254 11.3
Grade 11 2,610 28,725 9.1
Grade 12 5,495 32,686 16.8
 
Total 31,557 450,912 7.0
 
Title I Grade K 8,436 268,503 3.1
Grade 1 18,625 282,089 6.6
Grade 2 10,201 273,652 3.7
Grade 3 7,674 268,455 2.9
Grade 4 3,568 255,848 1.4
Grade 5 5,124 249,864 2.1
Grade 6 2,050 213,102 1.0
Grade 7 2,926 193,899 1.5
Grade 8 3,672 193,902 1.9
Grade 9 24,052 148,847 16.2
Grade 10 8,894 116,794 7.6
Grade 11 8,450 108,011 7.8
Grade 12 10,856 105,742 10.3
 
Total 114,528 2,678,708 4.3

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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