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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2016-17

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 4,604 172,948 2.7
Grade 1 10,264 195,958 5.2
Grade 2 6,107 200,548 3.0
Grade 3 3,356 189,469 1.8
Grade 4 1,732 188,592 0.9
Grade 5 1,777 194,607 0.9
Grade 6 1,430 185,560 0.8
Grade 7 1,775 188,927 0.9
Grade 8 1,546 191,170 0.8
Grade 9 23,560 200,133 11.8
Grade 10 15,275 173,984 8.8
Grade 11 9,749 145,638 6.7
Grade 12 9,713 139,969 6.9
 
Total 90,888 2,367,503 3.8
 
Bilingual Grade K 833 67,536 1.2
Grade 1 2,978 73,090 4.1
Grade 2 2,176 73,446 3.0
Grade 3 1,297 70,118 1.8
Grade 4 485 63,469 0.8
Grade 5 380 53,182 0.7
Grade 6 33 8,121 0.4
Grade 7 8 909 0.9
Grade 8 1 565 0.2
Grade 9 8 68 11.8
Grade 10 1 28 3.6
Grade 11 0 7 0.0
Grade 12 0 1 0.0
 
Total 8,200 410,540 2.0
 
Career and technical education Grade K 0 0 .
Grade 1 0 0 .
Grade 2 0 0 .
Grade 3 0 0 .
Grade 4 0 0 .
Grade 5 0 0 .
Grade 6 0 0 .
Grade 7 0 0 .
Grade 8 0 0 .
Grade 9 9,617 153,323 6.3
Grade 10 7,333 186,875 3.9
Grade 11 5,033 190,599 2.6
Grade 12 3,046 171,128 1.8
 
Total 25,029 701,925 3.6
 
English as a second language Grade K 543 23,794 2.3
Grade 1 951 26,390 3.6
Grade 2 566 26,766 2.1
Grade 3 396 26,835 1.5
Grade 4 193 24,572 0.8
Grade 5 278 23,420 1.2
Grade 6 404 54,928 0.7
Grade 7 476 51,989 0.9
Grade 8 424 44,050 1.0
Grade 9 5,276 38,852 13.6
Grade 10 2,965 29,842 9.9
Grade 11 1,601 20,991 7.6
Grade 12 1,864 17,845 10.4
 
Total 15,937 410,274 3.9
 
English language learner Grade K 1,802 100,615 1.8
Grade 1 4,726 108,999 4.3
Grade 2 3,294 109,837 3.0
Grade 3 2,040 106,980 1.9
Grade 4 852 97,305 0.9
Grade 5 841 84,788 1.0
Grade 6 544 70,582 0.8
Grade 7 632 60,075 1.1
Grade 8 589 51,035 1.2
Grade 9 8,399 47,514 17.7
Grade 10 3,840 34,041 11.3
Grade 11 2,069 23,620 8.8
Grade 12 2,240 19,793 11.3
 
Total 31,868 915,184 3.5
 
Foster care Grade K 89 1,530 5.8
Grade 1 114 1,531 7.4
Grade 2 56 1,442 3.9
Grade 3 22 1,156 1.9
Grade 4 16 1,131 1.4
Grade 5 16 1,079 1.5
Grade 6 7 910 0.8
Grade 7 10 972 1.0
Grade 8 27 1,009 2.7
Grade 9 246 1,137 21.6
Grade 10 140 794 17.6
Grade 11 62 512 12.1
Grade 12 90 466 19.3
 
Total 895 13,669 6.5
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 11 12,885 0.1
Grade 1 14 19,808 0.1
Grade 2 12 28,616 <0.1
Grade 3 18 35,611 0.1
Grade 4 10 39,545 <0.1
Grade 5 12 43,125 <0.1
Grade 6 27 43,131 0.1
Grade 7 28 41,221 0.1
Grade 8 18 39,790 <0.1
Grade 9 330 37,394 0.9
Grade 10 269 36,502 0.7
Grade 11 198 33,803 0.6
Grade 12 119 32,780 0.4
 
Total 1,066 444,211 0.2
 
Homeless Grade K 298 6,960 4.3
Grade 1 595 7,227 8.2
Grade 2 318 6,866 4.6
Grade 3 215 6,865 3.1
Grade 4 97 6,473 1.5
Grade 5 109 5,987 1.8
Grade 6 122 6,064 2.0
Grade 7 130 5,728 2.3
Grade 8 124 5,456 2.3
Grade 9 1,467 6,221 23.6
Grade 10 697 4,695 14.8
Grade 11 505 4,088 12.4
Grade 12 484 6,701 7.2
 
Total 5,161 79,331 6.5
 
Immigrant Grade K 117 8,426 1.4
Grade 1 331 9,719 3.4
Grade 2 198 8,382 2.4
Grade 3 112 6,528 1.7
Grade 4 72 5,936 1.2
Grade 5 90 5,706 1.6
Grade 6 33 5,443 0.6
Grade 7 45 5,587 0.8
Grade 8 64 5,544 1.2
Grade 9 850 8,367 10.2
Grade 10 467 6,504 7.2
Grade 11 278 4,876 5.7
Grade 12 537 3,992 13.5
 
Total 3,194 85,010 3.8
 
Migrant Grade K 51 1,263 4.0
Grade 1 122 1,388 8.8
Grade 2 79 1,568 5.0
Grade 3 29 1,565 1.9
Grade 4 17 1,550 1.1
Grade 5 15 1,629 0.9
Grade 6 15 1,667 0.9
Grade 7 36 1,793 2.0
Grade 8 30 1,861 1.6
Grade 9 354 2,122 16.7
Grade 10 178 1,859 9.6
Grade 11 82 1,571 5.2
Grade 12 83 1,855 4.5
 
Total 1,091 21,691 5.0
 
Military-connected Grade K 86 6,016 1.4
Grade 1 174 6,292 2.8
Grade 2 75 6,304 1.2
Grade 3 45 6,387 0.7
Grade 4 30 6,451 0.5
Grade 5 32 6,089 0.5
Grade 6 18 5,617 0.3
Grade 7 19 5,556 0.3
Grade 8 36 5,593 0.6
Grade 9 293 5,503 5.3
Grade 10 203 5,118 4.0
Grade 11 139 4,878 2.8
Grade 12 152 4,886 3.1
 
Total 1,302 74,690 1.7
 
Overage Grade K 42 15,520 0.3
Grade 1 230 33,575 0.7
Grade 2 334 45,121 0.7
Grade 3 366 53,299 0.7
Grade 4 261 57,439 0.5
Grade 5 328 59,995 0.5
Grade 6 659 64,700 1.0
Grade 7 946 68,651 1.4
Grade 8 787 70,448 1.1
Grade 9 18,590 98,335 18.9
Grade 10 10,144 83,879 12.1
Grade 11 5,478 62,644 8.7
Grade 12 8,506 71,154 12.0
 
Total 46,671 784,760 5.9
 
Special education Grade K 2,184 31,621 6.9
Grade 1 2,224 35,594 6.2
Grade 2 987 38,645 2.6
Grade 3 425 40,777 1.0
Grade 4 219 42,795 0.5
Grade 5 262 43,084 0.6
Grade 6 253 41,386 0.6
Grade 7 260 40,207 0.6
Grade 8 318 38,444 0.8
Grade 9 5,240 38,923 13.5
Grade 10 2,887 32,266 8.9
Grade 11 1,556 26,230 5.9
Grade 12 7,123 31,541 22.6
 
Total 23,938 481,513 5.0
 
Title I Grade K 6,642 286,368 2.3
Grade 1 13,145 304,702 4.3
Grade 2 7,943 315,778 2.5
Grade 3 4,867 316,232 1.5
Grade 4 2,302 313,154 0.7
Grade 5 2,267 296,982 0.8
Grade 6 1,647 254,811 0.6
Grade 7 1,966 241,243 0.8
Grade 8 1,710 237,586 0.7
Grade 9 20,480 188,066 10.9
Grade 10 11,783 168,883 7.0
Grade 11 7,161 147,148 4.9
Grade 12 7,063 149,991 4.7
 
Total 88,976 3,220,944 2.8

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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