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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2015-16

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 795 44,901 1.8
Grade 1 2,350 49,627 4.7
Grade 2 1,564 49,762 3.1
Grade 3 1,051 50,280 2.1
Grade 4 493 48,794 1.0
Grade 5 282 47,808 0.6
Grade 6 379 47,677 0.8
Grade 7 468 47,998 1.0
Grade 8 293 47,766 0.6
Grade 9 6,779 53,011 12.8
Grade 10 3,794 47,140 8.0
Grade 11 2,503 41,594 6.0
Grade 12 2,088 42,727 4.9
 
Total 22,839 619,085 3.7
 
American Indian Grade K 30 1,994 1.5
Grade 1 75 1,793 4.2
Grade 2 30 1,520 2.0
Grade 3 26 1,461 1.8
Grade 4 15 1,418 1.1
Grade 5 8 1,379 0.6
Grade 6 4 1,288 0.3
Grade 7 18 1,422 1.3
Grade 8 3 1,362 0.2
Grade 9 177 1,591 11.1
Grade 10 95 1,356 7.0
Grade 11 66 1,255 5.3
Grade 12 58 1,317 4.4
 
Total 605 19,156 3.2
 
Asian Grade K 137 15,312 0.9
Grade 1 168 15,954 1.1
Grade 2 104 16,637 0.6
Grade 3 67 16,035 0.4
Grade 4 52 15,851 0.3
Grade 5 39 15,924 0.2
Grade 6 10 16,090 0.1
Grade 7 15 15,980 0.1
Grade 8 17 15,365 0.1
Grade 9 350 16,261 2.2
Grade 10 200 15,100 1.3
Grade 11 163 13,785 1.2
Grade 12 390 13,798 2.8
 
Total 1,712 202,092 0.8
 
Hispanic Grade K 4,221 193,819 2.2
Grade 1 10,319 215,450 4.8
Grade 2 6,392 215,994 3.0
Grade 3 4,005 214,589 1.9
Grade 4 1,840 207,041 0.9
Grade 5 983 203,880 0.5
Grade 6 1,310 201,221 0.7
Grade 7 1,693 200,696 0.8
Grade 8 1,298 197,521 0.7
Grade 9 23,481 214,724 10.9
Grade 10 13,588 187,431 7.2
Grade 11 8,404 162,341 5.2
Grade 12 8,787 164,448 5.3
 
Total 86,321 2,579,155 3.3
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 13 563 2.3
Grade 1 15 546 2.7
Grade 2 8 542 1.5
Grade 3 8 564 1.4
Grade 4 7 555 1.3
Grade 5 4 488 0.8
Grade 6 5 493 1.0
Grade 7 1 513 0.2
Grade 8 2 493 0.4
Grade 9 41 574 7.1
Grade 10 29 518 5.6
Grade 11 15 505 3.0
Grade 12 29 471 6.2
 
Total 177 6,825 2.6
 
White Grade K 3,180 105,798 3.0
Grade 1 3,150 110,213 2.9
Grade 2 1,592 110,896 1.4
Grade 3 907 111,078 0.8
Grade 4 538 108,589 0.5
Grade 5 437 108,995 0.4
Grade 6 435 109,571 0.4
Grade 7 543 111,613 0.5
Grade 8 466 111,876 0.4
Grade 9 5,777 117,654 4.9
Grade 10 3,838 112,769 3.4
Grade 11 2,413 104,631 2.3
Grade 12 3,396 107,094 3.2
 
Total 26,672 1,430,777 1.9
 
Multiracial Grade K 233 9,167 2.5
Grade 1 252 9,445 2.7
Grade 2 147 9,217 1.6
Grade 3 89 8,916 1.0
Grade 4 41 8,417 0.5
Grade 5 31 7,984 0.4
Grade 6 43 7,914 0.5
Grade 7 46 7,501 0.6
Grade 8 32 7,073 0.5
Grade 9 486 7,317 6.6
Grade 10 307 6,669 4.6
Grade 11 191 6,022 3.2
Grade 12 227 6,006 3.8
 
Total 2,125 101,648 2.1
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 5,878 233,550 2.5
Grade 1 13,589 258,994 5.2
Grade 2 8,359 259,276 3.2
Grade 3 5,206 256,386 2.0
Grade 4 2,459 246,164 1.0
Grade 5 1,384 239,534 0.6
Grade 6 1,786 232,985 0.8
Grade 7 2,271 230,102 1.0
Grade 8 1,633 224,028 0.7
Grade 9 29,140 238,370 12.2
Grade 10 16,298 200,849 8.1
Grade 11 9,793 168,125 5.8
Grade 12 9,596 167,912 5.7
 
Total 107,392 2,956,275 3.6
 
Female Grade K 2,971 180,649 1.6
Grade 1 6,509 195,713 3.3
Grade 2 4,202 196,890 2.1
Grade 3 2,718 195,896 1.4
Grade 4 1,241 190,510 0.7
Grade 5 742 188,133 0.4
Grade 6 715 187,560 0.4
Grade 7 921 187,896 0.5
Grade 8 809 185,671 0.4
Grade 9 13,825 197,841 7.0
Grade 10 8,221 181,862 4.5
Grade 11 5,426 164,047 3.3
Grade 12 6,103 166,235 3.7
 
Total 54,403 2,418,903 2.2
 
Male Grade K 5,638 190,905 3.0
Grade 1 9,820 207,315 4.7
Grade 2 5,635 207,678 2.7
Grade 3 3,435 207,027 1.7
Grade 4 1,745 200,155 0.9
Grade 5 1,042 198,325 0.5
Grade 6 1,471 196,694 0.7
Grade 7 1,863 197,827 0.9
Grade 8 1,302 195,785 0.7
Grade 9 23,266 213,291 10.9
Grade 10 13,630 189,121 7.2
Grade 11 8,329 166,086 5.0
Grade 12 8,872 169,626 5.2
 
Total 86,048 2,539,835 3.4

Note. 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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