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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2017-18

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 693 43,939 1.6
Grade 1 1,726 47,225 3.7
Grade 2 1,163 48,218 2.4
Grade 3 722 50,489 1.4
Grade 4 399 50,569 0.8
Grade 5 344 51,168 0.7
Grade 6 327 49,882 0.7
Grade 7 392 49,955 0.8
Grade 8 240 49,170 0.5
Grade 9 5,737 52,850 10.9
Grade 10 3,559 47,803 7.4
Grade 11 2,440 43,017 5.7
Grade 12 2,134 45,277 4.7
 
Total 19,876 629,562 3.2
 
American Indian Grade K 26 1,307 2.0
Grade 1 34 1,329 2.6
Grade 2 21 1,982 1.1
Grade 3 15 1,696 0.9
Grade 4 9 1,506 0.6
Grade 5 12 1,473 0.8
Grade 6 8 1,435 0.6
Grade 7 9 1,378 0.7
Grade 8 13 1,327 1.0
Grade 9 114 1,500 7.6
Grade 10 83 1,326 6.3
Grade 11 56 1,319 4.2
Grade 12 48 1,251 3.8
 
Total 448 18,829 2.4
 
Asian Grade K 153 16,821 0.9
Grade 1 130 17,037 0.8
Grade 2 90 17,240 0.5
Grade 3 52 17,334 0.3
Grade 4 28 17,988 0.2
Grade 5 26 17,134 0.2
Grade 6 22 16,887 0.1
Grade 7 12 17,255 0.1
Grade 8 16 17,143 0.1
Grade 9 308 17,644 1.7
Grade 10 182 16,660 1.1
Grade 11 160 16,240 1.0
Grade 12 454 15,993 2.8
 
Total 1,633 221,376 0.7
 
Hispanic Grade K 3,685 188,994 1.9
Grade 1 7,913 199,979 4.0
Grade 2 4,607 202,842 2.3
Grade 3 2,633 214,097 1.2
Grade 4 1,258 216,018 0.6
Grade 5 1,102 215,683 0.5
Grade 6 978 208,268 0.5
Grade 7 1,317 209,672 0.6
Grade 8 1,106 205,956 0.5
Grade 9 20,308 216,482 9.4
Grade 10 12,931 196,419 6.6
Grade 11 8,338 177,301 4.7
Grade 12 8,528 180,165 4.7
 
Total 74,704 2,631,876 2.8
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 16 625 2.6
Grade 1 20 588 3.4
Grade 2 11 588 1.9
Grade 3 8 560 1.4
Grade 4 3 576 0.5
Grade 5 0 605 0.0
Grade 6 2 571 0.4
Grade 7 6 562 1.1
Grade 8 2 509 0.4
Grade 9 49 606 8.1
Grade 10 32 580 5.5
Grade 11 29 522 5.6
Grade 12 24 544 4.4
 
Total 202 7,436 2.7
 
White Grade K 2,967 104,456 2.8
Grade 1 2,761 105,542 2.6
Grade 2 1,245 107,045 1.2
Grade 3 685 109,127 0.6
Grade 4 383 110,545 0.3
Grade 5 449 111,106 0.4
Grade 6 373 109,659 0.3
Grade 7 471 111,135 0.4
Grade 8 443 110,879 0.4
Grade 9 4,957 115,710 4.3
Grade 10 3,267 110,116 3.0
Grade 11 2,254 104,081 2.2
Grade 12 3,431 109,836 3.1
 
Total 23,686 1,419,237 1.7
 
Multiracial Grade K 212 9,951 2.1
Grade 1 268 10,152 2.6
Grade 2 133 10,006 1.3
Grade 3 68 9,949 0.7
Grade 4 34 9,912 0.3
Grade 5 37 9,471 0.4
Grade 6 29 8,854 0.3
Grade 7 33 8,611 0.4
Grade 8 26 8,427 0.3
Grade 9 495 8,306 6.0
Grade 10 357 7,342 4.9
Grade 11 240 6,750 3.6
Grade 12 218 6,903 3.2
 
Total 2,150 114,634 1.9
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 5,337 233,093 2.3
Grade 1 10,754 244,980 4.4
Grade 2 6,242 249,089 2.5
Grade 3 3,566 260,745 1.4
Grade 4 1,764 261,200 0.7
Grade 5 1,568 258,784 0.6
Grade 6 1,426 247,358 0.6
Grade 7 1,864 244,525 0.8
Grade 8 1,421 237,013 0.6
Grade 9 25,498 244,602 10.4
Grade 10 15,633 215,260 7.3
Grade 11 9,850 187,959 5.2
Grade 12 9,643 189,551 5.1
 
Total 94,566 3,074,159 3.1
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,415 133,000 1.8
Grade 1 2,098 136,872 1.5
Grade 2 1,028 138,832 0.7
Grade 3 617 142,507 0.4
Grade 4 350 145,914 0.2
Grade 5 402 147,856 0.3
Grade 6 313 148,198 0.2
Grade 7 376 154,043 0.2
Grade 8 425 156,398 0.3
Grade 9 6,470 168,496 3.8
Grade 10 4,778 164,986 2.9
Grade 11 3,667 161,271 2.3
Grade 12 5,194 170,418 3.0
 
Total 28,133 1,968,791 1.4
 
Female Grade K 2,855 178,213 1.6
  Grade 1 5,290 185,317 2.9
  Grade 2 3,259 189,168 1.7
  Grade 3 1,894 196,852 1.0
  Grade 4 846 198,589 0.4
  Grade 5 889 198,008 0.4
  Grade 6 559 192,885 0.3
  Grade 7 780 193,502 0.4
  Grade 8 742 192,120 0.4
  Grade 9 11,568 199,470 5.8
  Grade 10 7,725 186,229 4.1
  Grade 11 5,285 172,958 3.1
  Grade 12 5,924 178,872 3.3
 
  Total 47,616 2,462,183 1.9
 
Male Grade K 4,897 187,880 2.6
  Grade 1 7,562 196,535 3.8
  Grade 2 4,011 198,753 2.0
  Grade 3 2,289 206,400 1.1
  Grade 4 1,268 208,525 0.6
  Grade 5 1,081 208,632 0.5
  Grade 6 1,180 202,671 0.6
  Grade 7 1,460 205,066 0.7
  Grade 8 1,104 201,291 0.5
  Grade 9 20,400 213,628 9.5
  Grade 10 12,686 194,017 6.5
  Grade 11 8,232 176,272 4.7
  Grade 12 8,913 181,097 4.9
 
  Total 75,083 2,580,767 2.9
 

 
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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