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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2019-20

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 3,701 175,984 2.1
Grade 1 5,636 197,708 2.9
Grade 2 2,715 194,372 1.4
Grade 3 1,328 184,042 0.7
Grade 4 716 181,431 0.4
Grade 5 511 209,534 0.2
Grade 6 532 196,154 0.3
Grade 7 653 204,967 0.3
Grade 8 628 198,714 0.3
Grade 9 14,352 211,674 6.8
Grade 10 9,909 178,279 5.6
Grade 11 7,610 154,370 4.9
Grade 12 9,713 157,706 6.2
 
Total 58,004 2,444,935 2.4
 
Bilingual Grade K 500 59,783 0.8
Grade 1 1,354 62,479 2.2
Grade 2 730 60,179 1.2
Grade 3 443 59,355 0.7
Grade 4 183 56,064 0.3
Grade 5 98 50,492 0.2
Grade 6 20 6,572 0.3
Grade 7 6 1,377 0.4
Grade 8 1 844 0.1
Grade 9 5 216 2.3
Grade 10 3 202 1.5
Grade 11 0 75 0.0
Grade 12 0 17 0.0
 
Total 3,343 357,655 0.9
 
Bilingual alternative language program Grade K 62 6,591 0.9
Grade 1 96 7,446 1.3
Grade 2 92 8,560 1.1
Grade 3 73 9,298 0.8
Grade 4 49 10,848 0.5
Grade 5 30 13,984 0.2
Grade 6 3 3,998 0.1
Grade 7 0 386 0.0
Grade 8 1 284 0.4
Grade 9 5 189 2.6
Grade 10 2 124 1.6
Grade 11 0 38 0.0
Grade 12 0 43 0.0
 
Total 413 61,789 0.7
 
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Grade 9 5,687 169,969 3.3
Grade 10 4,487 199,882 2.2
Grade 11 4,033 207,239 1.9
Grade 12 3,712 213,709 1.7
 
Total 17,919 790,799 2.3
 
Dyslexia Grade K 1 96 1.0
Grade 1 59 2,465 2.4
Grade 2 194 13,125 1.5
Grade 3 130 20,244 0.6
Grade 4 64 23,426 0.3
Grade 5 54 25,108 0.2
Grade 6 44 24,154 0.2
Grade 7 37 22,962 0.2
Grade 8 43 20,789 0.2
Grade 9 840 19,531 4.3
Grade 10 483 15,951 3.0
Grade 11 320 12,886 2.5
Grade 12 235 12,133 1.9
 
Total 2,504 212,870 1.2
 
English as a second language Grade K 307 20,403 1.5
Grade 1 438 23,495 1.9
Grade 2 263 23,011 1.1
Grade 3 134 24,001 0.6
Grade 4 92 23,506 0.4
Grade 5 74 23,061 0.3
Grade 6 148 58,737 0.3
Grade 7 185 61,444 0.3
Grade 8 156 53,288 0.3
Grade 9 3,461 52,210 6.6
Grade 10 2,229 38,798 5.7
Grade 11 1,586 27,578 5.8
Grade 12 1,416 25,738 5.5
 
Total 10,489 455,270 2.3
 
English as a second language alternative language program Grade K 7 682 1.0
Grade 1 18 812 2.2
Grade 2 11 812 1.4
Grade 3 4 810 0.5
Grade 4 5 856 0.6
Grade 5 3 1,420 0.2
Grade 6 23 8,260 0.3
Grade 7 25 8,632 0.3
Grade 8 13 6,897 0.2
Grade 9 366 7,389 5.0
Grade 10 238 5,022 4.7
Grade 11 166 3,629 4.6
Grade 12 146 3,398 4.3
 
Total 1,025 48,619 2.1
 
English learner Grade K 1,060 94,072 1.1
Grade 1 2,273 101,477 2.2
Grade 2 1,310 99,984 1.3
Grade 3 777 101,295 0.8
Grade 4 375 98,898 0.4
Grade 5 255 96,432 0.3
Grade 6 230 84,721 0.3
Grade 7 284 78,599 0.4
Grade 8 234 67,275 0.3
Grade 9 5,494 67,666 8.1
Grade 10 3,160 48,876 6.5
Grade 11 2,210 34,690 6.4
Grade 12 1,974 32,007 6.2
 
Total 19,636 1,005,992 2.0
 
Foster care Grade K 76 1,636 4.6
Grade 1 71 1,567 4.5
Grade 2 30 1,379 2.2
Grade 3 14 1,295 1.1
Grade 4 10 1,248 0.8
Grade 5 6 1,231 0.5
Grade 6 9 1,133 0.8
Grade 7 7 1,150 0.6
Grade 8 9 1,131 0.8
Grade 9 261 1,408 18.5
Grade 10 124 1,048 11.8
Grade 11 91 701 13.0
Grade 12 96 589 16.3
 
Total 804 15,516 5.2
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 13 11,153 0.1
Grade 1 5 18,451 <0.1
Grade 2 4 27,271 <0.1
Grade 3 3 35,140 <0.1
Grade 4 8 40,191 <0.1
Grade 5 8 45,225 <0.1
Grade 6 14 47,039 <0.1
Grade 7 20 45,586 <0.1
Grade 8 16 43,998 <0.1
Grade 9 223 42,219 0.5
Grade 10 153 38,824 0.4
Grade 11 226 36,314 0.6
Grade 12 116 34,298 0.3
 
Total 809 465,709 0.2
 
Homeless Grade K 221 7,056 3.1
Grade 1 324 6,710 4.8
Grade 2 170 6,438 2.6
Grade 3 95 6,297 1.5
Grade 4 43 6,229 0.7
Grade 5 36 6,382 0.6
Grade 6 48 6,467 0.7
Grade 7 60 6,352 0.9
Grade 8 46 6,042 0.8
Grade 9 983 7,069 13.9
Grade 10 507 5,143 9.9
Grade 11 404 4,527 8.9
Grade 12 428 7,247 5.9
 
Total 3,365 81,959 4.1
 
Immigrant Grade K 115 10,508 1.1
Grade 1 328 13,238 2.5
Grade 2 196 11,677 1.7
Grade 3 100 9,060 1.1
Grade 4 91 7,864 1.2
Grade 5 54 7,189 0.8
Grade 6 38 6,551 0.6
Grade 7 26 6,599 0.4
Grade 8 28 6,560 0.4
Grade 9 492 8,829 5.6
Grade 10 314 6,393 4.9
Grade 11 280 4,891 5.7
Grade 12 346 4,573 7.6
 
Total 2,408 103,932 2.3
 
Migrant Grade K 34 1,034 3.3
Grade 1 50 1,222 4.1
Grade 2 35 1,160 3.0
Grade 3 13 1,253 1.0
Grade 4 9 1,265 0.7
Grade 5 4 1,400 0.3
Grade 6 6 1,437 0.4
Grade 7 15 1,524 1.0
Grade 8 13 1,515 0.9
Grade 9 195 1,822 10.7
Grade 10 109 1,590 6.9
Grade 11 75 1,482 5.1
Grade 12 61 1,757 3.5
 
Total 619 18,461 3.4
 
Military-connected Grade K 90 6,856 1.3
Grade 1 93 7,069 1.3
Grade 2 31 7,221 0.4
Grade 3 21 7,264 0.3
Grade 4 13 7,206 0.2
Grade 5 9 7,402 0.1
Grade 6 7 7,108 0.1
Grade 7 11 7,317 0.2
Grade 8 10 7,024 0.1
Grade 9 150 7,091 2.1
Grade 10 136 6,589 2.1
Grade 11 109 6,352 1.7
Grade 12 152 6,267 2.4
 
Total 832 90,766 0.9
 
Overage Grade K 25 14,116 0.2
Grade 1 140 26,983 0.5
Grade 2 158 35,300 0.4
Grade 3 165 41,815 0.4
Grade 4 110 48,022 0.2
Grade 5 104 53,560 0.2
Grade 6 255 58,757 0.4
Grade 7 332 63,442 0.5
Grade 8 284 64,649 0.4
Grade 9 11,455 93,387 12.3
Grade 10 6,968 78,133 8.9
Grade 11 4,350 59,749 7.3
Grade 12 8,745 72,094 12.1
 
Total 33,091 710,007 4.7
 
Section 504 Grade K 155 4,792 3.2
Grade 1 570 13,450 4.2
Grade 2 459 25,466 1.8
Grade 3 276 33,107 0.8
Grade 4 125 37,854 0.3
Grade 5 108 41,872 0.3
Grade 6 127 41,883 0.3
Grade 7 141 43,026 0.3
Grade 8 144 41,502 0.3
Grade 9 2,495 41,760 6.0
Grade 10 1,488 35,357 4.2
Grade 11 1,008 29,756 3.4
Grade 12 598 28,063 2.1
 
Total 7,694 417,888 1.8
 
Special education Grade K 1,858 38,986 4.8
Grade 1 1,429 44,831 3.2
Grade 2 676 49,610 1.4
Grade 3 286 51,945 0.6
Grade 4 201 53,146 0.4
Grade 5 179 53,859 0.3
Grade 6 146 50,387 0.3
Grade 7 125 46,980 0.3
Grade 8 175 43,562 0.4
Grade 9 3,519 44,951 7.8
Grade 10 2,089 37,512 5.6
Grade 11 1,390 31,047 4.5
Grade 12 8,344 37,107 22.5
 
Total 20,417 583,923 3.5
 
Title I Grade K 5,088 286,230 1.8
Grade 1 6,982 291,771 2.4
Grade 2 3,421 289,272 1.2
Grade 3 1,883 290,444 0.6
Grade 4 979 297,478 0.3
Grade 5 677 308,623 0.2
Grade 6 699 272,229 0.3
Grade 7 795 263,676 0.3
Grade 8 677 254,516 0.3
Grade 9 12,826 198,981 6.4
Grade 10 8,383 175,195 4.8
Grade 11 6,693 157,103 4.3
Grade 12 7,616 165,070 4.6
 
Total 56,719 3,250,588 1.7


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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