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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade, 2012-13,
Texas Public Schools

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 4,985 173,338 2.9
Grade 1 12,061 191,707 6.3
Grade 2 8,100 193,507 4.2
Grade 3 5,137 174,894 2.9
Grade 4 2,168 135,748 1.6
Grade 5 3,117 126,272 2.5
Grade 6 1,529 122,014 1.3
Grade 7 2,052 119,916 1.7
Grade 8 2,413 128,010 1.9
Grade 9 21,185 145,549 14.6
Grade 10 12,536 144,715 8.7
Grade 11 10,582 130,111 8.1
Grade 12 10,007 122,320 8.2
 
Total 95,872 1,908,101 5.0
 
Bilingual Grade K 1,114 74,919 1.5
Grade 1 3,842 75,813 5.1
Grade 2 2,774 71,258 3.9
Grade 3 1,995 65,231 3.1
Grade 4 1,016 54,848 1.9
Grade 5 999 42,464 2.4
Grade 6 57 5,470 1.0
Grade 7 14 793 1.8
Grade 8 8 453 1.8
Grade 9 12 57 21.1
Grade 10 - <100 8.0
Grade 11 - <100 14.3
Grade 12 0 6 0.0
 
Total 11,835 391,351 3.0
 
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Grade 9 6,192 89,972 6.9
Grade 10 4,196 112,724 3.7
Grade 11 4,175 133,129 3.1
Grade 12 3,187 140,365 2.3
 
Total 17,750 476,190 3.7
 
English as a second language Grade K 549 21,629 2.5
Grade 1 992 23,455 4.2
Grade 2 714 22,476 3.2
Grade 3 542 22,108 2.5
Grade 4 314 19,055 1.6
Grade 5 468 16,465 2.8
Grade 6 495 34,678 1.4
Grade 7 560 31,188 1.8
Grade 8 558 24,691 2.3
Grade 9 3,964 23,597 16.8
Grade 10 1,738 16,535 10.5
Grade 11 1,445 12,285 11.8
Grade 12 1,792 8,584 20.9
 
Total 14,131 276,746 5.1
 
English language learner Grade K 2,218 107,664 2.1
Grade 1 6,069 111,112 5.5
Grade 2 4,296 105,561 4.1
Grade 3 3,094 99,066 3.1
Grade 4 1,638 84,199 1.9
Grade 5 1,835 67,543 2.7
Grade 6 718 46,734 1.5
Grade 7 774 37,775 2.0
Grade 8 809 30,022 2.7
Grade 9 6,437 29,823 21.6
Grade 10 2,338 19,573 11.9
Grade 11 1,885 14,352 13.1
Grade 12 2,267 10,221 22.2
 
Total 34,378 763,645 4.5
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 10 12,685 0.1
Grade 1 20 19,625 0.1
Grade 2 21 27,159 0.1
Grade 3 33 32,164 0.1
Grade 4 30 35,817 0.1
Grade 5 20 38,264 0.1
Grade 6 28 38,857 0.1
Grade 7 51 38,460 0.1
Grade 8 21 37,652 0.1
Grade 9 321 34,820 0.9
Grade 10 217 32,947 0.7
Grade 11 192 30,939 0.6
Grade 12 96 29,044 0.3
 
Total 1,060 408,433 0.3
 
Immigrant Grade K 95 5,092 1.9
Grade 1 205 6,351 3.2
Grade 2 162 5,377 3.0
Grade 3 103 4,154 2.5
Grade 4 68 3,813 1.8
Grade 5 83 3,905 2.1
Grade 6 25 3,776 0.7
Grade 7 46 3,948 1.2
Grade 8 40 3,937 1.0
Grade 9 626 5,540 11.3
Grade 10 235 3,941 6.0
Grade 11 311 3,970 7.8
Grade 12 401 2,644 15.2
 
Total 2,400 56,448 4.3
 
Migrant Grade K 74 2,239 3.3
Grade 1 231 2,514 9.2
Grade 2 143 2,545 5.6
Grade 3 86 2,489 3.5
Grade 4 47 2,585 1.8
Grade 5 57 2,582 2.2
Grade 6 17 2,634 0.6
Grade 7 84 2,726 3.1
Grade 8 79 2,754 2.9
Grade 9 565 3,151 17.9
Grade 10 273 2,279 12.0
Grade 11 195 2,360 8.3
Grade 12 162 2,477 6.5
 
Total 2,013 33,335 6.0
 
Overage Grade K 55 16,216 0.3
Grade 1 342 35,266 1.0
Grade 2 558 47,953 1.2
Grade 3 679 55,605 1.2
Grade 4 575 60,353 1.0
Grade 5 864 64,488 1.3
Grade 6 1,021 72,751 1.4
Grade 7 1,454 75,260 1.9
Grade 8 1,452 75,475 1.9
Grade 9 19,576 101,146 19.4
Grade 10 8,612 72,213 11.9
Grade 11 6,642 62,553 10.6
Grade 12 9,572 68,276 14.0
 
Total 51,402 807,555 6.4
 
Special education Grade K 2,591 29,042 8.9
Grade 1 2,652 32,023 8.3
Grade 2 1,365 34,259 4.0
Grade 3 670 37,654 1.8
Grade 4 380 39,186 1.0
Grade 5 466 39,495 1.2
Grade 6 373 37,774 1.0
Grade 7 400 34,922 1.1
Grade 8 501 33,524 1.5
Grade 9 5,580 36,004 15.5
Grade 10 2,724 28,784 9.5
Grade 11 2,332 27,026 8.6
Grade 12 6,372 33,081 19.3
 
Total 26,406 442,774 6.0
 
Title I Grade K 7,962 305,080 2.6
Grade 1 16,603 308,270 5.4
Grade 2 10,581 299,676 3.5
Grade 3 7,571 292,548 2.6
Grade 4 4,237 286,552 1.5
Grade 5 5,096 278,950 1.8
Grade 6 2,331 248,256 0.9
Grade 7 2,847 228,586 1.2
Grade 8 3,012 221,150 1.4
Grade 9 21,474 175,292 12.3
Grade 10 10,303 142,417 7.2
Grade 11 8,365 131,812 6.3
Grade 12 8,115 134,122 6.1
 
Total 108,497 3,052,711 3.6

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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