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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2018-19

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 652 44,513 1.5
Grade 1 1,576 46,745 3.4
Grade 2 965 47,670 2.0
Grade 3 574 48,878 1.2
Grade 4 348 51,110 0.7
Grade 5 291 51,351 0.6
Grade 6 320 52,114 0.6
Grade 7 380 51,213 0.7
Grade 8 255 50,254 0.5
Grade 9 6,119 53,439 11.5
Grade 10 3,785 47,983 7.9
Grade 11 2,307 43,251 5.3
Grade 12 2,175 45,801 4.7
 
Total 19,747 634,322 3.1
 
American Indian Grade K 47 1,282 3.7
Grade 1 53 1,357 3.9
Grade 2 29 1,333 2.2
Grade 3 20 1,940 1.0
Grade 4 6 1,673 0.4
Grade 5 7 1,486 0.5
Grade 6 10 1,446 0.7
Grade 7 9 1,456 0.6
Grade 8 6 1,346 0.4
Grade 9 135 1,427 9.5
Grade 10 88 1,390 6.3
Grade 11 70 1,187 5.9
Grade 12 60 1,343 4.5
 
Total 540 18,666 2.9
 
Asian Grade K 137 17,167 0.8
Grade 1 128 17,973 0.7
Grade 2 72 17,573 0.4
Grade 3 45 17,740 0.3
Grade 4 20 17,849 0.1
Grade 5 36 18,296 0.2
Grade 6 16 17,679 0.1
Grade 7 16 17,558 0.1
Grade 8 21 17,611 0.1
Grade 9 277 18,335 1.5
Grade 10 260 17,586 1.5
Grade 11 153 16,677 0.9
Grade 12 464 16,978 2.7
 
Total 1,645 229,022 0.7
 
Hispanic Grade K 3,490 191,724 1.8
Grade 1 7,438 198,656 3.7
Grade 2 4,136 200,239 2.1
Grade 3 2,290 204,015 1.1
Grade 4 1,071 215,525 0.5
Grade 5 1,102 217,965 0.5
Grade 6 989 218,152 0.5
Grade 7 1,141 213,116 0.5
Grade 8 1,145 211,063 0.5
Grade 9 22,580 223,004 10.1
Grade 10 13,241 199,730 6.6
Grade 11 8,324 178,709 4.7
Grade 12 8,681 187,778 4.6
 
Total 75,628 2,659,676 2.8
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 13 598 2.2
Grade 1 22 653 3.4
Grade 2 5 582 0.9
Grade 3 13 614 2.1
Grade 4 0 598 0.0
Grade 5 5 581 0.9
Grade 6 4 614 0.7
Grade 7 3 591 0.5
Grade 8 3 584 0.5
Grade 9 56 586 9.6
Grade 10 29 568 5.1
Grade 11 16 562 2.8
Grade 12 16 546 2.9
 
Total 185 7,677 2.4
 
White Grade K 2,818 103,544 2.7
Grade 1 2,394 105,428 2.3
Grade 2 972 104,429 0.9
Grade 3 554 106,623 0.5
Grade 4 363 108,926 0.3
Grade 5 373 110,481 0.3
Grade 6 374 111,392 0.3
Grade 7 389 110,409 0.4
Grade 8 400 110,603 0.4
Grade 9 5,110 114,632 4.5
Grade 10 3,455 109,858 3.1
Grade 11 2,215 103,073 2.1
Grade 12 3,460 108,348 3.2
 
Total 22,877 1,407,746 1.6
 
Multiracial Grade K 251 10,699 2.3
Grade 1 196 10,469 1.9
Grade 2 116 10,413 1.1
Grade 3 70 10,186 0.7
Grade 4 34 10,230 0.3
Grade 5 41 10,128 0.4
Grade 6 34 9,842 0.3
Grade 7 50 9,258 0.5
Grade 8 37 8,882 0.4
Grade 9 597 9,091 6.6
Grade 10 364 8,026 4.5
Grade 11 221 6,984 3.2
Grade 12 228 7,207 3.2
 
Total 2,239 121,415 1.8
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 5,099 235,873 2.2
Grade 1 9,801 243,771 4.0
Grade 2 5,348 242,894 2.2
Grade 3 2,978 247,875 1.2
Grade 4 1,507 258,728 0.6
Grade 5 1,476 259,268 0.6
Grade 6 1,443 255,670 0.6
Grade 7 1,654 247,404 0.7
Grade 8 1,450 240,588 0.6
Grade 9 27,845 248,541 11.2
Grade 10 16,069 215,757 7.4
Grade 11 9,770 187,315 5.2
Grade 12 9,694 194,336 5.0
 
Total 94,134 3,078,020 3.1
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,309 133,654 1.7
Grade 1 2,006 137,510 1.5
Grade 2 947 139,345 0.7
Grade 3 588 142,121 0.4
Grade 4 335 147,183 0.2
Grade 5 379 151,020 0.3
Grade 6 304 155,569 0.2
Grade 7 334 156,197 0.2
Grade 8 417 159,755 0.3
Grade 9 7,029 171,973 4.1
Grade 10 5,153 169,384 3.0
Grade 11 3,536 163,128 2.2
Grade 12 5,390 173,665 3.1
 
Total 28,727 2,000,504 1.4
 
Female Grade K 2,632 180,121 1.5
  Grade 1 4,976 185,582 2.7
  Grade 2 2,760 186,250 1.5
  Grade 3 1,642 190,257 0.9
  Grade 4 785 198,139 0.4
  Grade 5 781 200,067 0.4
  Grade 6 626 199,945 0.3
  Grade 7 705 196,699 0.4
  Grade 8 748 194,542 0.4
  Grade 9 12,927 203,051 6.4
  Grade 10 8,148 189,215 4.3
  Grade 11 5,291 173,680 3.0
  Grade 12 6,054 182,882 3.3
 
  Total 48,075 2,480,430 1.9
 
Male Grade K 4,776 189,406 2.5
  Grade 1 6,831 195,699 3.5
  Grade 2 3,535 195,989 1.8
  Grade 3 1,924 199,739 1.0
  Grade 4 1,057 207,772 0.5
  Grade 5 1,074 210,221 0.5
  Grade 6 1,121 211,294 0.5
  Grade 7 1,283 206,902 0.6
  Grade 8 1,119 205,801 0.5
  Grade 9 21,947 217,463 10.1
  Grade 10 13,074 195,926 6.7
  Grade 11 8,015 176,763 4.5
  Grade 12 9,030 185,119 4.9
 
  Total 74,786 2,598,094 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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