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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade, 2012-13,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 954 46,479 2.1
Grade 1 2,484 47,899 5.2
Grade 2 1,741 46,803 3.7
Grade 3 1,526 46,208 3.3
Grade 4 897 45,897 2.0
Grade 5 - <46,200 1.9
Grade 6 - <47,100 1.1
Grade 7 611 47,490 1.3
Grade 8 561 46,600 1.2
Grade 9 6,170 50,636 12.2
Grade 10 3,344 42,500 7.9
Grade 11 2,672 39,415 6.8
Grade 12 2,412 40,722 5.9
 
Total 24,779 593,835 4.2
 
American Indian Grade K 58 1,521 3.8
Grade 1 81 1,534 5.3
Grade 2 34 1,412 2.4
Grade 3 35 1,233 2.8
Grade 4 20 1,262 1.6
Grade 5 - <1,300 1.4
Grade 6 - <1,400 1.1
Grade 7 12 1,355 0.9
Grade 8 12 1,406 0.9
Grade 9 148 1,610 9.2
Grade 10 76 1,417 5.4
Grade 11 74 1,319 5.6
Grade 12 58 1,350 4.3
 
Total 641 18,060 3.5
 
Asian Grade K 150 12,891 1.2
Grade 1 154 13,245 1.2
Grade 2 126 13,606 0.9
Grade 3 73 13,722 0.5
Grade 4 69 13,691 0.5
Grade 5 - <13,200 0.4
Grade 6 - <13,400 0.2
Grade 7 18 13,130 0.1
Grade 8 41 12,295 0.3
Grade 9 449 13,217 3.4
Grade 10 200 12,644 1.6
Grade 11 229 12,379 1.8
Grade 12 374 11,909 3.1
 
Total 1,956 169,180 1.2
 
Hispanic Grade K 4,832 205,107 2.4
Grade 1 11,684 208,356 5.6
Grade 2 7,472 202,828 3.7
Grade 3 5,232 198,310 2.6
Grade 4 2,773 194,062 1.4
Grade 5 - <190,900 1.8
Grade 6 - <193,000 0.9
Grade 7 2,305 188,893 1.2
Grade 8 2,516 180,702 1.4
Grade 9 23,261 193,447 12.0
Grade 10 11,584 158,690 7.3
Grade 11 9,532 146,297 6.5
Grade 12 9,419 146,756 6.4
 
Total 95,857 2,407,201 4.0
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 11 524 2.1
Grade 1 23 518 4.4
Grade 2 13 460 2.8
Grade 3 16 430 3.7
Grade 4 15 445 3.4
Grade 5 - <500 1.0
Grade 6 - <500 0.2
Grade 7 6 443 1.4
Grade 8 6 465 1.3
Grade 9 46 486 9.5
Grade 10 22 478 4.6
Grade 11 21 413 5.1
Grade 12 27 416 6.5
 
Total 211 5,959 3.5
 
White Grade K 3,573 110,004 3.2
Grade 1 3,537 110,130 3.2
Grade 2 1,873 109,849 1.7
Grade 3 1,140 109,086 1.0
Grade 4 763 109,620 0.7
Grade 5 - <110,100 0.9
Grade 6 - <112,300 0.5
Grade 7 733 114,784 0.6
Grade 8 935 113,487 0.8
Grade 9 6,137 116,511 5.3
Grade 10 3,618 108,598 3.3
Grade 11 2,934 104,269 2.8
Grade 12 3,541 107,218 3.3
 
Total 30,408 1,435,802 2.1
 
Multiracial Grade K 226 8,014 2.8
Grade 1 245 7,761 3.2
Grade 2 136 7,282 1.9
Grade 3 93 7,333 1.3
Grade 4 48 6,857 0.7
Grade 5 - <6,500 1.1
Grade 6 - <6,500 0.6
Grade 7 41 6,333 0.6
Grade 8 57 6,131 0.9
Grade 9 437 6,247 7.0
Grade 10 241 5,494 4.4
Grade 11 198 5,264 3.8
Grade 12 179 5,152 3.5
 
Total 2,011 84,758 2.4
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 7,024 251,959 2.8
Grade 1 15,471 257,871 6.0
Grade 2 9,778 248,796 3.9
Grade 3 7,078 241,266 2.9
Grade 4 3,898 235,613 1.7
Grade 5 4,692 232,116 2.0
Grade 6 2,470 232,206 1.1
Grade 7 3,068 224,773 1.4
Grade 8 3,270 213,199 1.5
Grade 9 28,750 221,767 13.0
Grade 10 13,954 175,618 7.9
Grade 11 11,049 158,183 7.0
Grade 12 10,377 153,709 6.8
 
Total 120,879 2,847,076 4.2
 
Female Grade K 3,323 186,032 1.8
  Grade 1 6,977 188,223 3.7
  Grade 2 4,891 185,466 2.6
  Grade 3 3,655 183,630 2.0
  Grade 4 1,866 181,439 1.0
  Grade 5 2,535 179,509 1.4
  Grade 6 942 181,982 0.5
  Grade 7 1,205 181,653 0.7
  Grade 8 1,690 176,605 1.0
  Grade 9 13,346 183,037 7.3
  Grade 10 7,153 162,446 4.4
  Grade 11 5,938 152,007 3.9
  Grade 12 6,933 155,364 4.5
 
  Total 60,454 2,297,393 2.6
 
Male Grade K 6,481 198,508 3.3
  Grade 1 11,231 201,220 5.6
  Grade 2 6,504 196,774 3.3
  Grade 3 4,460 192,692 2.3
  Grade 4 2,719 190,395 1.4
  Grade 5 3,013 188,831 1.6
  Grade 6 2,009 191,726 1.0
  Grade 7 2,521 190,775 1.3
  Grade 8 2,438 184,481 1.3
  Grade 9 23,302 199,117 11.7
  Grade 10 11,932 167,375 7.1
  Grade 11 9,722 157,349 6.2
  Grade 12 9,077 158,159 5.7
 
  Total 95,409 2,417,402 3.9

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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