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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2019-20

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 525 44,694 1.2
Grade 1 848 45,952 1.8
Grade 2 527 46,428 1.1
Grade 3 305 47,527 0.6
Grade 4 206 48,809 0.4
Grade 5 105 51,348 0.2
Grade 6 126 51,868 0.2
Grade 7 151 53,250 0.3
Grade 8 117 51,496 0.2
Grade 9 3,757 55,164 6.8
Grade 10 2,464 48,929 5.0
Grade 11 1,825 43,711 4.2
Grade 12 2,113 46,442 4.5
 
Total 13,069 635,618 2.1
 
American Indian Grade K 28 1,203 2.3
Grade 1 30 1,216 2.5
Grade 2 11 1,280 0.9
Grade 3 10 1,285 0.8
Grade 4 5 1,899 0.3
Grade 5 3 1,612 0.2
Grade 6 4 1,483 0.3
Grade 7 3 1,478 0.2
Grade 8 6 1,417 0.4
Grade 9 99 1,447 6.8
Grade 10 63 1,290 4.9
Grade 11 41 1,228 3.3
Grade 12 58 1,275 4.5
 
Total 361 18,113 2.0
 
Asian Grade K 130 17,453 0.7
Grade 1 92 18,354 0.5
Grade 2 50 18,671 0.3
Grade 3 31 18,251 0.2
Grade 4 34 18,424 0.2
Grade 5 20 18,344 0.1
Grade 6 11 18,977 0.1
Grade 7 10 18,440 0.1
Grade 8 18 17,967 0.1
Grade 9 229 18,836 1.2
Grade 10 143 18,313 0.8
Grade 11 218 17,859 1.2
Grade 12 470 17,530 2.7
 
Total 1,456 237,419 0.6
 
Hispanic Grade K 2,818 193,390 1.5
Grade 1 4,621 198,013 2.3
Grade 2 2,316 196,296 1.2
Grade 3 1,273 199,329 0.6
Grade 4 609 204,003 0.3
Grade 5 458 216,359 0.2
Grade 6 512 219,818 0.2
Grade 7 653 222,626 0.3
Grade 8 633 214,947 0.3
Grade 9 14,100 230,690 6.1
Grade 10 8,879 205,499 4.3
Grade 11 6,819 183,390 3.7
Grade 12 8,688 190,980 4.5
 
Total 52,379 2,675,340 2.0
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 8 502 1.6
Grade 1 12 613 2.0
Grade 2 6 613 1.0
Grade 3 3 596 0.5
Grade 4 4 610 0.7
Grade 5 1 617 0.2
Grade 6 0 589 0.0
Grade 7 1 619 0.2
Grade 8 3 590 0.5
Grade 9 40 652 6.1
Grade 10 16 550 2.9
Grade 11 17 541 3.1
Grade 12 32 584 5.5
 
Total 143 7,676 1.9
 
White Grade K 2,835 98,519 2.9
Grade 1 1,942 99,656 1.9
Grade 2 797 99,934 0.8
Grade 3 408 100,223 0.4
Grade 4 244 103,267 0.2
Grade 5 205 106,270 0.2
Grade 6 222 109,078 0.2
Grade 7 243 111,853 0.2
Grade 8 228 109,528 0.2
Grade 9 3,211 114,900 2.8
Grade 10 2,346 109,130 2.1
Grade 11 1,795 103,379 1.7
Grade 12 3,334 107,892 3.1
 
Total 17,810 1,373,629 1.3
 
Multiracial Grade K 202 11,262 1.8
Grade 1 170 10,806 1.6
Grade 2 72 10,331 0.7
Grade 3 31 10,412 0.3
Grade 4 24 10,289 0.2
Grade 5 31 10,300 0.3
Grade 6 23 10,385 0.2
Grade 7 21 10,255 0.2
Grade 8 22 9,478 0.2
Grade 9 412 9,679 4.3
Grade 10 278 8,721 3.2
Grade 11 195 7,646 2.6
Grade 12 282 7,557 3.7
 
Total 1,763 127,121 1.4
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 4,181 233,560 1.8
Grade 1 6,123 237,895 2.6
Grade 2 3,012 235,057 1.3
Grade 3 1,686 236,745 0.7
Grade 4 875 242,337 0.4
Grade 5 609 254,153 0.2
Grade 6 673 254,752 0.3
Grade 7 808 254,754 0.3
Grade 8 703 243,034 0.3
Grade 9 17,456 255,980 6.8
Grade 10 10,738 219,554 4.9
Grade 11 7,870 189,698 4.1
Grade 12 9,695 195,287 5.0
 
Total 64,429 3,052,806 2.1
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,365 133,463 1.8
Grade 1 1,592 136,715 1.2
Grade 2 767 138,496 0.6
Grade 3 375 140,878 0.3
Grade 4 251 144,964 0.2
Grade 5 214 150,697 0.1
Grade 6 225 157,446 0.1
Grade 7 274 163,767 0.2
Grade 8 324 162,389 0.2
Grade 9 4,392 175,388 2.5
Grade 10 3,451 172,878 2.0
Grade 11 3,040 168,056 1.8
Grade 12 5,282 176,973 3.0
 
Total 22,552 2,022,110 1.1
 
Female Grade K 2,406 178,687 1.3
  Grade 1 3,256 182,867 1.8
  Grade 2 1,719 182,168 0.9
  Grade 3 919 184,454 0.5
  Grade 4 471 189,088 0.2
  Grade 5 355 197,662 0.2
  Grade 6 335 201,103 0.2
  Grade 7 423 203,615 0.2
  Grade 8 386 198,083 0.2
  Grade 9 8,037 207,945 3.9
  Grade 10 5,384 193,084 2.8
  Grade 11 4,479 177,940 2.5
  Grade 12 5,916 184,988 3.2
 
  Total 34,086 2,481,684 1.4
 
Male Grade K 4,140 188,336 2.2
  Grade 1 4,459 191,743 2.3
  Grade 2 2,060 191,385 1.1
  Grade 3 1,142 193,169 0.6
  Grade 4 655 198,213 0.3
  Grade 5 468 207,188 0.2
  Grade 6 563 211,095 0.3
  Grade 7 659 214,906 0.3
  Grade 8 641 207,340 0.3
  Grade 9 13,811 223,423 6.2
  Grade 10 8,805 199,348 4.4
  Grade 11 6,431 179,814 3.6
  Grade 12 9,061 187,272 4.8
 
  Total 52,895 2,593,232 2.0


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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