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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2013-14

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 957 46,023 2.1
Grade 1 2,652 49,493 5.4
Grade 2 1,855 47,989 3.9
Grade 3 1,479 47,240 3.1
Grade 4 745 46,321 1.6
Grade 5 776 46,289 1.7
Grade 6 510 46,410 1.1
Grade 7 684 48,150 1.4
Grade 8 486 47,651 1.0
Grade 9 5,797 50,729 11.4
Grade 10 3,439 44,954 7.7
Grade 11 2,321 39,333 5.9
Grade 12 2,442 40,051 6.1
 
Total 24,143 600,633 4.0
 
American Indian Grade K 44 1,628 2.7
Grade 1 89 1,537 5.8
Grade 2 43 1,486 2.9
Grade 3 39 1,395 2.8
Grade 4 10 1,192 0.8
Grade 5 - <1,300 1.7
Grade 6 - <1,400 0.8
Grade 7 - <1,400 1.1
Grade 8 - <1,400 1.3
Grade 9 129 1,545 8.3
Grade 10 88 1,441 6.1
Grade 11 63 1,351 4.7
Grade 12 76 1,338 5.7
 
Total 646 18,220 3.5
 
Asian Grade K 153 14,320 1.1
Grade 1 193 14,317 1.3
Grade 2 122 14,280 0.9
Grade 3 83 14,512 0.6
Grade 4 57 14,786 0.4
Grade 5 68 14,484 0.5
Grade 6 19 14,075 0.1
Grade 7 25 14,257 0.2
Grade 8 60 13,886 0.4
Grade 9 432 13,795 3.1
Grade 10 200 13,219 1.5
Grade 11 167 12,904 1.3
Grade 12 455 12,809 3.6
 
Total 2,034 181,644 1.1
 
Hispanic Grade K 4,751 205,722 2.3
Grade 1 11,547 215,891 5.3
Grade 2 7,481 206,441 3.6
Grade 3 5,243 202,681 2.6
Grade 4 2,660 197,967 1.3
Grade 5 3,022 195,749 1.5
Grade 6 1,596 191,237 0.8
Grade 7 2,388 196,970 1.2
Grade 8 2,367 189,744 1.2
Grade 9 21,678 197,929 11.0
Grade 10 12,293 171,150 7.2
Grade 11 8,318 147,551 5.6
Grade 12 9,470 149,405 6.3
 
Total 92,814 2,468,437 3.8
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 16 520 3.1
Grade 1 15 549 2.7
Grade 2 17 521 3.3
Grade 3 11 470 2.3
Grade 4 6 457 1.3
Grade 5 - <500 0.7
Grade 6 - <500 0.7
Grade 7 - <600 0.2
Grade 8 - <500 0.9
Grade 9 38 518 7.3
Grade 10 23 436 5.3
Grade 11 11 462 2.4
Grade 12 19 419 4.5
 
Total 167 6,179 2.7
 
White Grade K 3,509 109,247 3.2
Grade 1 3,621 111,941 3.2
Grade 2 1,803 108,882 1.7
Grade 3 1,201 109,105 1.1
Grade 4 691 108,407 0.6
Grade 5 822 109,170 0.8
Grade 6 505 109,925 0.5
Grade 7 686 113,416 0.6
Grade 8 743 114,339 0.6
Grade 9 5,991 118,096 5.1
Grade 10 3,666 109,778 3.3
Grade 11 2,430 102,932 2.4
Grade 12 3,542 106,366 3.3
 
Total 29,210 1,431,604 2.0
 
Multiracial Grade K 180 8,358 2.2
Grade 1 261 8,432 3.1
Grade 2 150 7,907 1.9
Grade 3 94 7,529 1.2
Grade 4 57 7,492 0.8
Grade 5 60 7,042 0.9
Grade 6 43 6,667 0.6
Grade 7 55 6,643 0.8
Grade 8 40 6,479 0.6
Grade 9 433 6,693 6.5
Grade 10 250 5,897 4.2
Grade 11 152 5,297 2.9
Grade 12 184 5,433 3.4
 
Total 1,959 89,869 2.2
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 6,889 252,419 2.7
Grade 1 15,596 265,513 5.9
Grade 2 9,915 253,893 3.9
Grade 3 7,058 247,103 2.9
Grade 4 3,598 238,798 1.5
Grade 5 4,064 235,345 1.7
Grade 6 2,210 228,605 1.0
Grade 7 3,219 232,823 1.4
Grade 8 2,981 221,481 1.3
Grade 9 26,838 225,342 11.9
Grade 10 14,613 188,981 7.7
Grade 11 9,622 158,007 6.1
Grade 12 10,655 156,081 6.8
 
Total 117,258 2,904,391 4.0
 
Female Grade K 3,242 187,105 1.7
  Grade 1 7,083 194,257 3.6
  Grade 2 4,863 188,527 2.6
  Grade 3 3,548 186,135 1.9
  Grade 4 1,708 183,793 0.9
  Grade 5 2,117 183,009 1.2
  Grade 6 819 180,073 0.5
  Grade 7 1,260 185,449 0.7
  Grade 8 1,562 182,597 0.9
  Grade 9 12,605 187,693 6.7
  Grade 10 7,490 169,381 4.4
  Grade 11 5,264 153,744 3.4
  Grade 12 6,904 155,880 4.4
 
  Total 58,465 2,337,643 2.5
 
Male Grade K 6,368 198,713 3.2
  Grade 1 11,295 207,903 5.4
  Grade 2 6,608 198,979 3.3
  Grade 3 4,602 196,797 2.3
  Grade 4 2,518 192,829 1.3
  Grade 5 2,656 191,472 1.4
  Grade 6 1,867 189,977 1.0
  Grade 7 2,594 195,859 1.3
  Grade 8 2,156 191,281 1.1
  Grade 9 21,893 201,612 10.9
  Grade 10 12,469 177,494 7.0
  Grade 11 8,198 156,086 5.3
  Grade 12 9,284 159,941 5.8
 
  Total 92,508 2,458,943 3.8

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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