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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade, 2011-12,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 4,983 163,728 3.0
Grade 1 12,108 188,281 6.4
Grade 2 7,867 186,075 4.2
Grade 3 4,944 174,531 2.8
Grade 4 2,140 140,716 1.5
Grade 5 1,218 136,703 0.9
Grade 6 1,408 123,225 1.1
Grade 7 2,126 131,559 1.6
Grade 8 1,544 133,556 1.2
Grade 9 21,927 144,454 15.2
Grade 10 11,919 131,439 9.1
Grade 11 10,813 130,600 8.3
Grade 12 11,038 120,782 9.1
 
Total 94,035 1,905,649 4.9
 
Bilingual Grade K 1,098 73,252 1.5
Grade 1 3,894 74,903 5.2
Grade 2 2,714 69,055 3.9
Grade 3 1,873 64,555 2.9
Grade 4 751 53,230 1.4
Grade 5 272 37,230 0.7
Grade 6 37 5,742 0.6
Grade 7 - <700 0.2
Grade 8 - <300 0.4
Grade 9 - <100 5.1
Grade 10 - <100 4.5
Grade 11 0 11 0.0
Grade 12 - <100 33.3
 
Total 10,645 378,938 2.8
 
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Grade 9 6,092 85,336 7.1
Grade 10 4,448 116,185 3.8
Grade 11 4,054 131,893 3.1
Grade 12 3,766 140,430 2.7
 
Total 18,360 473,844 3.9
 
English as a second language Grade K 556 20,780 2.7
Grade 1 1,099 22,847 4.8
Grade 2 669 22,253 3.0
Grade 3 472 21,619 2.2
Grade 4 236 17,321 1.4
Grade 5 149 13,641 1.1
Grade 6 363 31,839 1.1
Grade 7 501 30,016 1.7
Grade 8 282 23,356 1.2
Grade 9 3,807 22,348 17.0
Grade 10 1,391 15,519 9.0
Grade 11 1,421 11,402 12.5
Grade 12 1,977 8,246 24.0
 
Total 12,923 261,187 4.9
 
English language learner Grade K 2,206 105,040 2.1
Grade 1 6,236 109,459 5.7
Grade 2 4,174 103,265 4.0
Grade 3 2,853 98,091 2.9
Grade 4 1,249 80,545 1.6
Grade 5 530 58,144 0.9
Grade 6 505 43,726 1.2
Grade 7 706 36,265 1.9
Grade 8 526 28,349 1.9
Grade 9 5,906 27,940 21.1
Grade 10 2,010 18,513 10.9
Grade 11 1,867 13,416 13.9
Grade 12 2,486 9,966 24.9
 
Total 31,254 732,719 4.3
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 15 13,354 0.1
Grade 1 25 20,110 0.1
Grade 2 27 27,288 0.1
Grade 3 23 31,611 0.1
Grade 4 16 35,209 <0.1
Grade 5 12 38,955 <0.1
Grade 6 19 38,095 <0.1
Grade 7 45 38,214 0.1
Grade 8 37 36,303 0.1
Grade 9 367 34,787 1.1
Grade 10 212 32,661 0.6
Grade 11 201 29,686 0.7
Grade 12 114 29,379 0.4
 
Total 1,113 405,652 0.3
 
Immigrant Grade K 70 4,951 1.4
Grade 1 278 6,745 4.1
Grade 2 152 5,410 2.8
Grade 3 107 4,240 2.5
Grade 4 53 4,032 1.3
Grade 5 37 3,962 0.9
Grade 6 29 3,947 0.7
Grade 7 32 3,927 0.8
Grade 8 25 4,066 0.6
Grade 9 601 5,706 10.5
Grade 10 275 4,357 6.3
Grade 11 321 3,624 8.9
Grade 12 359 2,491 14.4
 
Total 2,339 57,458 4.1
 
Migrant Grade K 84 2,432 3.5
Grade 1 227 2,702 8.4
Grade 2 169 2,664 6.3
Grade 3 91 2,757 3.3
Grade 4 42 2,651 1.6
Grade 5 18 2,751 0.7
Grade 6 33 2,700 1.2
Grade 7 61 2,821 2.2
Grade 8 59 2,902 2.0
Grade 9 596 3,084 19.3
Grade 10 201 2,453 8.2
Grade 11 197 2,366 8.3
Grade 12 193 2,391 8.1
 
Total 1,971 34,674 5.7
 
Overage Grade K 45 16,253 0.3
Grade 1 346 36,783 0.9
Grade 2 637 48,411 1.3
Grade 3 647 57,208 1.1
Grade 4 465 63,144 0.7
Grade 5 366 70,681 0.5
Grade 6 849 72,173 1.2
Grade 7 1,474 75,433 2.0
Grade 8 1,145 77,208 1.5
Grade 9 19,491 98,900 19.7
Grade 10 8,871 75,100 11.8
Grade 11 6,671 62,315 10.7
Grade 12 10,023 63,987 15.7
 
Total 51,030 817,596 6.2
 
Special education Grade K 2,708 27,827 9.7
Grade 1 2,571 31,175 8.2
Grade 2 1,286 33,273 3.9
Grade 3 598 36,527 1.6
Grade 4 367 38,620 1.0
Grade 5 291 39,236 0.7
Grade 6 367 36,019 1.0
Grade 7 473 34,572 1.4
Grade 8 532 34,477 1.5
Grade 9 5,627 36,088 15.6
Grade 10 2,922 30,380 9.6
Grade 11 2,532 28,058 9.0
Grade 12 6,296 33,474 18.8
 
Total 26,570 439,726 6.0
 
Title I Grade K 7,854 294,802 2.7
Grade 1 16,623 303,661 5.5
Grade 2 10,300 294,197 3.5
Grade 3 6,950 288,670 2.4
Grade 4 3,373 284,423 1.2
Grade 5 1,776 281,215 0.6
Grade 6 1,950 247,071 0.8
Grade 7 2,656 227,792 1.2
Grade 8 2,098 223,300 0.9
Grade 9 22,400 175,909 12.7
Grade 10 9,718 144,813 6.7
Grade 11 9,010 135,072 6.7
Grade 12 8,782 135,721 6.5
 
Total 103,490 3,036,646 3.4

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. A dot (.) indicates there were no students in the group or, in rare cases, that a reporting anomaly prevented calculation of the rate.

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