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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2017-18

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 4,453 176,259 2.5
Grade 1 9,121 196,458 4.6
Grade 2 5,049 197,449 2.6
Grade 3 2,571 189,933 1.4
Grade 4 1,408 190,397 0.7
Grade 5 1,366 207,738 0.7
Grade 6 1,148 185,873 0.6
Grade 7 1,547 193,154 0.8
Grade 8 1,220 195,217 0.6
Grade 9 22,155 201,921 11.0
Grade 10 14,856 176,106 8.4
Grade 11 10,084 154,179 6.5
Grade 12 9,996 153,002 6.5
 
Total 84,974 2,417,686 3.5
 
Bilingual Grade K 745 65,041 1.1
Grade 1 2,592 69,477 3.7
Grade 2 1,701 69,174 2.5
Grade 3 970 69,131 1.4
Grade 4 378 62,373 0.6
Grade 5 272 54,073 0.5
Grade 6 34 7,620 0.4
Grade 7 5 896 0.6
Grade 8 6 631 1.0
Grade 9 12 165 7.3
Grade 10 3 51 5.9
Grade 11 0 25 0.0
Grade 12 0 3 0.0
 
Total 6,718 398,660 1.7
 
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Grade 9 9,912 166,859 5.9
Grade 10 7,420 195,222 3.8
Grade 11 5,436 203,340 2.7
Grade 12 3,679 206,076 1.8
 
Total 26,447 771,497 3.4
 
Dyslexia Grade K 3 47 6.4
Grade 1 33 1,165 2.8
Grade 2 167 7,047 2.4
Grade 3 129 14,113 0.9
Grade 4 87 18,336 0.5
Grade 5 100 20,086 0.5
Grade 6 81 19,044 0.4
Grade 7 107 17,938 0.6
Grade 8 52 15,977 0.3
Grade 9 1,181 14,283 8.3
Grade 10 692 12,005 5.8
Grade 11 424 10,235 4.1
Grade 12 231 10,114 2.3
 
Total 3,287 160,390 2.0
 
English as a second language Grade K 485 24,585 2.0
Grade 1 855 27,315 3.1
Grade 2 516 26,532 1.9
Grade 3 311 27,319 1.1
Grade 4 158 25,098 0.6
Grade 5 198 25,133 0.8
Grade 6 305 55,601 0.5
Grade 7 399 55,475 0.7
Grade 8 326 47,065 0.7
Grade 9 5,044 41,694 12.1
Grade 10 3,108 32,100 9.7
Grade 11 1,750 24,094 7.3
Grade 12 1,968 21,474 9.2
 
Total 15,423 433,485 3.6
 
English learner Grade K 1,573 98,003 1.6
Grade 1 4,101 105,861 3.9
Grade 2 2,666 104,842 2.5
Grade 3 1,526 105,652 1.4
Grade 4 687 96,149 0.7
Grade 5 589 87,106 0.7
Grade 6 438 70,341 0.6
Grade 7 521 63,161 0.8
Grade 8 445 53,775 0.8
Grade 9 7,200 48,993 14.7
Grade 10 3,997 36,483 11.0
Grade 11 2,158 26,878 8.0
Grade 12 2,349 23,735 9.9
 
Total 28,250 920,979 3.1
 
Foster care Grade K 105 1,687 6.2
Grade 1 97 1,611 6.0
Grade 2 57 1,524 3.7
Grade 3 27 1,401 1.9
Grade 4 9 1,253 0.7
Grade 5 20 1,192 1.7
Grade 6 12 1,141 1.1
Grade 7 13 1,024 1.3
Grade 8 18 1,048 1.7
Grade 9 243 1,257 19.3
Grade 10 132 940 14.0
Grade 11 71 583 12.2
Grade 12 65 497 13.1
 
Total 869 15,158 5.7
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 15 12,816 0.1
Grade 1 18 20,549 0.1
Grade 2 23 29,012 0.1
Grade 3 11 35,024 <0.1
Grade 4 10 41,625 <0.1
Grade 5 7 44,440 <0.1
Grade 6 29 43,868 0.1
Grade 7 26 43,686 0.1
Grade 8 27 41,033 0.1
Grade 9 344 38,993 0.9
Grade 10 219 36,001 0.6
Grade 11 203 34,813 0.6
Grade 12 105 33,436 0.3
 
Total 1,037 455,296 0.2
 
Homeless Grade K 520 15,137 3.4
Grade 1 988 15,812 6.2
Grade 2 581 16,138 3.6
Grade 3 349 16,429 2.1
Grade 4 191 16,320 1.2
Grade 5 114 15,870 0.7
Grade 6 161 14,544 1.1
Grade 7 177 13,843 1.3
Grade 8 135 13,095 1.0
Grade 9 1,945 13,778 14.1
Grade 10 1,073 11,745 9.1
Grade 11 763 10,927 7.0
Grade 12 1,172 14,881 7.9
 
Total 8,169 188,519 4.3
 
Immigrant Grade K 120 9,504 1.3
Grade 1 328 10,532 3.1
Grade 2 198 9,035 2.2
Grade 3 122 6,940 1.8
Grade 4 65 6,132 1.1
Grade 5 67 5,826 1.2
Grade 6 22 5,344 0.4
Grade 7 39 5,517 0.7
Grade 8 43 5,659 0.8
Grade 9 581 7,313 7.9
Grade 10 468 6,817 6.9
Grade 11 260 4,894 5.3
Grade 12 465 4,081 11.4
 
Total 2,778 87,594 3.2
 
Migrant Grade K 42 1,115 3.8
Grade 1 85 1,348 6.3
Grade 2 47 1,352 3.5
Grade 3 28 1,467 1.9
Grade 4 10 1,519 0.7
Grade 5 9 1,511 0.6
Grade 6 10 1,572 0.6
Grade 7 36 1,721 2.1
Grade 8 21 1,728 1.2
Grade 9 288 1,989 14.5
Grade 10 155 1,758 8.8
Grade 11 120 1,624 7.4
Grade 12 85 1,866 4.6
 
Total 936 20,570 4.6
 
Military-connected Grade K 95 6,136 1.5
Grade 1 154 6,285 2.5
Grade 2 78 6,254 1.2
Grade 3 33 6,352 0.5
Grade 4 25 6,228 0.4
Grade 5 25 6,224 0.4
Grade 6 9 5,899 0.2
Grade 7 20 5,643 0.4
Grade 8 21 5,476 0.4
Grade 9 255 5,635 4.5
Grade 10 173 4,969 3.5
Grade 11 137 4,731 2.9
Grade 12 137 4,944 2.8
 
Total 1,162 74,776 1.6
 
Overage Grade K 27 15,316 0.2
Grade 1 232 30,915 0.8
Grade 2 288 42,425 0.7
Grade 3 286 50,475 0.6
Grade 4 234 55,734 0.4
Grade 5 271 59,521 0.5
Grade 6 520 61,554 0.8
Grade 7 794 66,873 1.2
Grade 8 615 69,184 0.9
Grade 9 16,230 92,718 17.5
Grade 10 9,603 79,813 12.0
Grade 11 5,395 63,679 8.5
Grade 12 8,416 72,658 11.6
 
Total 42,911 760,865 5.6
 
Special education Grade K 2,121 34,126 6.2
Grade 1 2,094 38,392 5.5
Grade 2 944 41,152 2.3
Grade 3 400 44,335 0.9
Grade 4 221 45,005 0.5
Grade 5 273 45,822 0.6
Grade 6 222 42,769 0.5
Grade 7 254 41,242 0.6
Grade 8 288 39,848 0.7
Grade 9 5,134 40,512 12.7
Grade 10 2,904 33,473 8.7
Grade 11 1,738 27,868 6.2
Grade 12 7,437 33,174 22.4
 
Total 24,030 507,718 4.7
 
Title I Grade K 6,146 283,821 2.2
Grade 1 11,704 296,330 3.9
Grade 2 6,753 300,804 2.2
Grade 3 3,877 313,100 1.2
Grade 4 1,922 314,387 0.6
Grade 5 1,746 308,824 0.6
Grade 6 1,336 259,805 0.5
Grade 7 1,708 248,685 0.7
Grade 8 1,371 244,286 0.6
Grade 9 18,863 188,458 10.0
Grade 10 11,943 169,569 7.0
Grade 11 7,763 153,364 5.1
Grade 12 7,515 158,143 4.8
 
Total 82,647 3,239,576 2.6

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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