Accountability Research home » Grade-Level Retention » Data Search: Year » Level » State report 
 
View by: All students| Race/ethnicity, economic status, and gender
 
Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2018-19

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 4,191 173,766 2.4
Grade 1 8,245 192,721 4.3
Grade 2 4,392 193,816 2.3
Grade 3 2,301 184,123 1.2
Grade 4 1,126 185,134 0.6
Grade 5 1,228 208,980 0.6
Grade 6 1,123 192,091 0.6
Grade 7 1,331 194,429 0.7
Grade 8 1,185 195,232 0.6
Grade 9 23,650 203,067 11.6
Grade 10 15,124 172,787 8.8
Grade 11 9,677 146,902 6.6
Grade 12 9,818 154,728 6.3
 
Total 83,391 2,397,776 3.5
 
Bilingual Grade K 646 62,825 1.0
Grade 1 2,313 66,350 3.5
Grade 2 1,406 65,166 2.2
Grade 3 807 64,803 1.2
Grade 4 315 62,169 0.5
Grade 5 222 53,484 0.4
Grade 6 35 6,996 0.5
Grade 7 1 1,024 0.1
Grade 8 3 583 0.5
Grade 9 19 250 7.6
Grade 10 9 133 6.8
Grade 11 8 42 19.0
Grade 12 4 25 16.0
 
Total 5,788 383,850 1.5
 
Career and technical education Grade K . . .
Grade 1 . . .
Grade 2 . . .
Grade 3 . . .
Grade 4 . . .
Grade 5 . . .
Grade 6 . . .
Grade 7 . . .
Grade 8 . . .
Grade 9 10,560 171,382 6.2
Grade 10 8,048 202,246 4.0
Grade 11 5,268 207,444 2.5
Grade 12 3,907 213,064 1.8
 
Total 27,783 794,136 3.5
 
Dyslexia Grade K 0 79 0.0
Grade 1 51 1,965 2.6
Grade 2 175 9,338 1.9
Grade 3 147 16,393 0.9
Grade 4 84 21,119 0.4
Grade 5 96 22,368 0.4
Grade 6 72 21,955 0.3
Grade 7 93 20,150 0.5
Grade 8 66 18,503 0.4
Grade 9 1,375 16,835 8.2
Grade 10 730 13,663 5.3
Grade 11 416 11,242 3.7
Grade 12 221 10,923 2.0
 
Total 3,526 184,533 1.9
 
English as a second language Grade K 467 25,167 1.9
Grade 1 841 28,603 2.9
Grade 2 543 28,245 1.9
Grade 3 330 29,657 1.1
Grade 4 144 29,542 0.5
Grade 5 217 29,231 0.7
Grade 6 316 64,534 0.5
Grade 7 375 60,820 0.6
Grade 8 399 54,296 0.7
Grade 9 6,041 49,138 12.3
Grade 10 3,504 36,083 9.7
Grade 11 1,982 26,724 7.4
Grade 12 1,916 25,001 7.7
 
Total 17,075 487,041 3.5
 
English learner Grade K 1,459 96,073 1.5
Grade 1 3,948 103,870 3.8
Grade 2 2,505 102,547 2.4
Grade 3 1,461 103,384 1.4
Grade 4 604 100,590 0.6
Grade 5 610 90,977 0.7
Grade 6 467 79,554 0.6
Grade 7 502 69,065 0.7
Grade 8 525 61,507 0.9
Grade 9 8,919 57,928 15.4
Grade 10 4,426 40,937 10.8
Grade 11 2,504 29,886 8.4
Grade 12 2,320 27,555 8.4
 
Total 30,250 963,873 3.1
 
Foster care Grade K 86 1,687 5.1
Grade 1 91 1,575 5.8
Grade 2 41 1,465 2.8
Grade 3 25 1,437 1.7
Grade 4 13 1,301 1.0
Grade 5 15 1,212 1.2
Grade 6 11 1,112 1.0
Grade 7 12 1,140 1.1
Grade 8 13 1,076 1.2
Grade 9 290 1,345 21.6
Grade 10 156 980 15.9
Grade 11 69 601 11.5
Grade 12 72 500 14.4
 
Total 894 15,431 5.8
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 12 12,689 0.1
Grade 1 16 20,151 0.1
Grade 2 17 29,509 0.1
Grade 3 16 35,536 <0.1
Grade 4 11 41,032 <0.1
Grade 5 11 47,170 <0.1
Grade 6 24 45,268 0.1
Grade 7 30 44,475 0.1
Grade 8 21 43,285 <0.1
Grade 9 380 40,045 0.9
Grade 10 331 37,611 0.9
Grade 11 205 34,650 0.6
Grade 12 86 34,459 0.2
 
Total 1,160 465,880 0.2
 
Homeless Grade K 263 7,129 3.7
Grade 1 502 7,147 7.0
Grade 2 297 6,798 4.4
Grade 3 163 6,689 2.4
Grade 4 109 6,756 1.6
Grade 5 86 6,561 1.3
Grade 6 108 6,616 1.6
Grade 7 102 6,131 1.7
Grade 8 95 5,895 1.6
Grade 9 1,431 6,557 21.8
Grade 10 682 4,831 14.1
Grade 11 483 4,437 10.9
Grade 12 506 7,679 6.6
 
Total 4,827 83,226 5.8
 
Immigrant Grade K 104 9,350 1.1
Grade 1 282 11,342 2.5
Grade 2 169 9,504 1.8
Grade 3 92 7,269 1.3
Grade 4 61 6,330 1.0
Grade 5 53 5,771 0.9
Grade 6 24 5,338 0.4
Grade 7 36 5,340 0.7
Grade 8 64 5,381 1.2
Grade 9 580 6,788 8.5
Grade 10 349 5,834 6.0
Grade 11 270 5,032 5.4
Grade 12 460 4,241 10.8
 
Total 2,544 87,520 2.9
 
Migrant Grade K 35 1,109 3.2
Grade 1 91 1,160 7.8
Grade 2 65 1,275 5.1
Grade 3 13 1,249 1.0
Grade 4 8 1,378 0.6
Grade 5 9 1,409 0.6
Grade 6 15 1,425 1.1
Grade 7 23 1,512 1.5
Grade 8 24 1,604 1.5
Grade 9 303 1,808 16.8
Grade 10 164 1,635 10.0
Grade 11 98 1,496 6.6
Grade 12 65 1,786 3.6
 
Total 913 18,846 4.8
 
Military-connected Grade K 73 6,059 1.2
Grade 1 145 6,354 2.3
Grade 2 55 6,258 0.9
Grade 3 40 6,173 0.6
Grade 4 13 6,207 0.2
Grade 5 18 5,995 0.3
Grade 6 11 6,115 0.2
Grade 7 22 5,989 0.4
Grade 8 23 5,651 0.4
Grade 9 274 5,744 4.8
Grade 10 181 5,457 3.3
Grade 11 125 4,882 2.6
Grade 12 140 5,071 2.8
 
Total 1,120 75,955 1.5
 
Overage Grade K 35 14,903 0.2
Grade 1 190 29,394 0.6
Grade 2 268 39,004 0.7
Grade 3 254 46,998 0.5
Grade 4 209 52,663 0.4
Grade 5 222 57,530 0.4
Grade 6 458 61,181 0.7
Grade 7 648 63,917 1.0
Grade 8 544 67,301 0.8
Grade 9 17,034 91,228 18.7
Grade 10 9,651 77,445 12.5
Grade 11 5,128 59,880 8.6
Grade 12 8,637 73,810 11.7
 
Total 43,278 735,254 5.9
 
Section 504 Grade K 207 5,453 3.8
Grade 1 1,000 16,501 6.1
Grade 2 688 26,588 2.6
Grade 3 457 34,652 1.3
Grade 4 276 40,104 0.7
Grade 5 248 42,659 0.6
Grade 6 251 42,305 0.6
Grade 7 273 40,705 0.7
Grade 8 254 39,050 0.7
Grade 9 3,816 37,629 10.1
Grade 10 2,021 31,163 6.5
Grade 11 1,154 26,285 4.4
Grade 12 653 24,713 2.6
 
Total 11,298 407,807 2.8
 
Special education Grade K 2,148 38,915 5.5
Grade 1 2,150 44,184 4.9
Grade 2 963 47,510 2.0
Grade 3 376 50,030 0.8
Grade 4 209 51,130 0.4
Grade 5 244 50,656 0.5
Grade 6 225 46,595 0.5
Grade 7 245 43,656 0.6
Grade 8 267 41,757 0.6
Grade 9 5,586 42,636 13.1
Grade 10 3,090 35,718 8.7
Grade 11 1,676 28,972 5.8
Grade 12 7,959 35,224 22.6
 
Total 25,138 556,983 4.5
 
Title I Grade K 5,842 285,650 2.0
Grade 1 10,689 294,871 3.6
Grade 2 5,882 294,015 2.0
Grade 3 3,296 299,740 1.1
Grade 4 1,676 312,270 0.5
Grade 5 1,646 309,708 0.5
Grade 6 1,380 270,179 0.5
Grade 7 1,501 252,927 0.6
Grade 8 1,377 249,699 0.6
Grade 9 20,528 193,246 10.6
Grade 10 12,486 172,102 7.3
Grade 11 7,646 154,017 5.0
Grade 12 7,642 164,305 4.7
 
Total 81,591 3,252,729 2.5


Note. A dot (.) indicates there were no students in the group or, in rare cases, that a reporting anomaly prevented calculation of the rate.
 

Contact Information:
For questions or comments, please e-mail the Division of Research and Analysis, or contact the division by phone at 512-475-3523.
This page last updated August 2020
Copyright Texas Education Agency (TEA) 2007-2020