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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2014-15

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 5,026 181,604 2.8
Grade 1 12,388 204,465 6.1
Grade 2 8,269 212,100 3.9
Grade 3 5,192 195,900 2.7
Grade 4 2,689 183,763 1.5
Grade 5 2,556 188,716 1.4
Grade 6 1,540 170,030 0.9
Grade 7 1,994 162,042 1.2
Grade 8 2,084 178,473 1.2
Grade 9 21,478 186,918 11.5
Grade 10 13,506 153,611 8.8
Grade 11 9,184 140,697 6.5
Grade 12 9,371 147,755 6.3
 
Total 95,277 2,306,074 4.1
 
Bilingual Grade K 962 74,160 1.3
Grade 1 3,717 77,864 4.8
Grade 2 2,735 74,107 3.7
Grade 3 1,943 68,756 2.8
Grade 4 886 60,654 1.5
Grade 5 695 48,646 1.4
Grade 6 42 6,588 0.6
Grade 7 - <700 0.6
Grade 8 7 404 1.7
Grade 9 8 79 10.1
Grade 10 - <100 8.1
Grade 11 0 24 0.0
Grade 12 0 21 0.0
 
Total 11,002 411,992 2.7
 
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Grade 9 7,217 119,444 6.0
Grade 10 4,857 134,326 3.6
Grade 11 3,982 144,255 2.8
Grade 12 2,806 148,071 1.9
 
Total 18,862 546,096 3.5
 
English as a second language Grade K 552 22,259 2.5
Grade 1 1,047 25,124 4.2
Grade 2 750 24,767 3.0
Grade 3 513 24,665 2.1
Grade 4 249 21,577 1.2
Grade 5 349 20,060 1.7
Grade 6 438 46,642 0.9
Grade 7 530 40,682 1.3
Grade 8 616 35,285 1.7
Grade 9 4,243 30,462 13.9
Grade 10 2,113 21,290 9.9
Grade 11 1,285 15,780 8.1
Grade 12 1,762 13,780 12.8
 
Total 14,447 342,373 4.2
 
English language learner Grade K 2,039 107,183 1.9
Grade 1 5,911 114,583 5.2
Grade 2 4,247 110,410 3.8
Grade 3 2,983 104,767 2.8
Grade 4 1,404 92,232 1.5
Grade 5 1,257 77,286 1.6
Grade 6 624 60,473 1.0
Grade 7 737 48,241 1.5
Grade 8 844 41,624 2.0
Grade 9 6,701 37,557 17.8
Grade 10 2,893 24,839 11.6
Grade 11 1,751 18,108 9.7
Grade 12 2,176 15,760 13.8
 
Total 33,567 853,063 3.9
 
Gifted and talented Grade K - <12,400 0.0
Grade 1 - <19,900 0.1
Grade 2 18 27,080 0.1
Grade 3 31 32,698 0.1
Grade 4 18 37,717 <0.1
Grade 5 12 40,886 <0.1
Grade 6 16 38,823 <0.1
Grade 7 23 38,326 0.1
Grade 8 24 38,594 0.1
Grade 9 316 36,541 0.9
Grade 10 275 34,606 0.8
Grade 11 200 31,665 0.6
Grade 12 87 30,952 0.3
 
Total 1,037 420,071 0.2
 
Immigrant Grade K 89 6,256 1.4
Grade 1 258 7,266 3.6
Grade 2 202 6,232 3.2
Grade 3 127 4,997 2.5
Grade 4 85 4,508 1.9
Grade 5 84 4,416 1.9
Grade 6 36 4,210 0.9
Grade 7 43 4,614 0.9
Grade 8 88 5,098 1.7
Grade 9 809 7,207 11.2
Grade 10 346 5,353 6.5
Grade 11 220 4,025 5.5
Grade 12 502 2,886 17.4
 
Total 2,889 67,068 4.3
 
Migrant Grade K 67 1,958 3.4
Grade 1 221 2,294 9.6
Grade 2 131 2,275 5.8
Grade 3 68 2,240 3.0
Grade 4 37 2,305 1.6
Grade 5 31 2,333 1.3
Grade 6 25 2,395 1.0
Grade 7 49 2,548 1.9
Grade 8 65 2,610 2.5
Grade 9 448 2,845 15.7
Grade 10 221 2,388 9.3
Grade 11 122 2,118 5.8
Grade 12 125 2,252 5.6
 
Total 1,610 30,561 5.3
 
Overage Grade K 45 16,342 0.3
Grade 1 318 35,681 0.9
Grade 2 537 47,151 1.1
Grade 3 481 54,888 0.9
Grade 4 438 59,685 0.7
Grade 5 455 63,923 0.7
Grade 6 808 66,829 1.2
Grade 7 1,219 70,431 1.7
Grade 8 1,147 77,211 1.5
Grade 9 18,437 100,082 18.4
Grade 10 10,068 81,789 12.3
Grade 11 5,821 62,470 9.3
Grade 12 8,943 67,285 13.3
 
Total 48,717 803,767 6.1
 
Special education Grade K 2,417 29,599 8.2
Grade 1 2,454 33,140 7.4
Grade 2 1,225 35,683 3.4
Grade 3 598 38,076 1.6
Grade 4 315 40,246 0.8
Grade 5 401 41,404 1.0
Grade 6 325 39,612 0.8
Grade 7 332 37,334 0.9
Grade 8 453 36,141 1.3
Grade 9 5,086 36,009 14.1
Grade 10 2,803 29,802 9.4
Grade 11 1,808 25,706 7.0
Grade 12 6,580 31,731 20.7
 
Total 24,797 454,483 5.5
 
Title I Grade K 7,620 305,798 2.5
Grade 1 16,152 322,671 5.0
Grade 2 10,436 318,108 3.3
Grade 3 7,114 306,601 2.3
Grade 4 3,603 298,566 1.2
Grade 5 3,149 288,415 1.1
Grade 6 1,986 246,981 0.8
Grade 7 2,437 232,070 1.1
Grade 8 2,453 235,243 1.0
Grade 9 20,794 184,663 11.3
Grade 10 11,379 157,767 7.2
Grade 11 7,507 137,487 5.5
Grade 12 7,286 138,994 5.2
 
Total 101,916 3,173,364 3.2

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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