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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2020-21

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 764 44,040 1.7
  Grade 1 1,663 46,020 3.6
  Grade 2 1,041 46,242 2.3
  Grade 3 681 46,644 1.5
  Grade 4 445 47,612 0.9
  Grade 5 352 48,873 0.7
  Grade 6 357 51,450 0.7
  Grade 7 410 52,677 0.8
  Grade 8 298 53,027 0.6
  Grade 9 8,074 54,332 14.9
  Grade 10 5,359 50,753 10.6
  Grade 11 3,314 44,703 7.4
  Grade 12 2,246 46,017 4.9
 
  Total 25,004 632,390 4.0
 
American Indian Grade K 43 1,171 3.7
  Grade 1 44 1,162 3.8
  Grade 2 19 1,142 1.7
  Grade 3 17 1,196 1.4
  Grade 4 8 1,187 0.7
  Grade 5 7 1,794 0.4
  Grade 6 9 1,540 0.6
  Grade 7 9 1,411 0.6
  Grade 8 12 1,405 0.9
  Grade 9 172 1,419 12.1
  Grade 10 99 1,277 7.8
  Grade 11 63 1,143 5.5
  Grade 12 45 1,234 3.6
 
  Total 547 17,081 3.2
 
Asian Grade K 177 16,726 1.1
  Grade 1 144 17,869 0.8
  Grade 2 85 18,586 0.5
  Grade 3 71 18,887 0.4
  Grade 4 48 18,450 0.3
  Grade 5 36 18,583 0.2
  Grade 6 35 18,606 0.2
  Grade 7 35 19,341 0.2
  Grade 8 25 18,616 0.1
  Grade 9 431 18,671 2.3
  Grade 10 336 18,541 1.8
  Grade 11 252 18,309 1.4
  Grade 12 476 18,482 2.6
 
  Total 2,151 239,667 0.9
 
Hispanic Grade K 3,997 187,582 2.1
  Grade 1 6,870 195,794 3.5
  Grade 2 4,139 195,629 2.1
  Grade 3 2,289 195,159 1.2
  Grade 4 1,572 198,238 0.8
  Grade 5 1,153 202,918 0.6
  Grade 6 1,384 215,442 0.6
  Grade 7 1,762 221,361 0.8
  Grade 8 1,528 221,437 0.7
  Grade 9 30,060 224,737 13.4
  Grade 10 20,226 212,278 9.5
  Grade 11 12,426 189,755 6.5
  Grade 12 9,392 191,420 4.9
 
  Total 96,798 2,651,750 3.7
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 18 521 3.5
  Grade 1 17 525 3.2
  Grade 2 6 616 1.0
  Grade 3 6 613 1.0
  Grade 4 5 619 0.8
  Grade 5 3 596 0.5
  Grade 6 4 638 0.6
  Grade 7 3 588 0.5
  Grade 8 1 619 0.2
  Grade 9 77 618 12.5
  Grade 10 68 593 11.5
  Grade 11 36 522 6.9
  Grade 12 48 596 8.1
 
  Total 292 7,664 3.8
 
White Grade K 2,798 94,300 3.0
  Grade 1 2,412 99,360 2.4
  Grade 2 1,035 99,022 1.0
  Grade 3 622 99,847 0.6
  Grade 4 463 99,888 0.5
  Grade 5 422 102,622 0.4
  Grade 6 432 106,109 0.4
  Grade 7 600 110,011 0.5
  Grade 8 550 110,551 0.5
  Grade 9 6,084 111,529 5.5
  Grade 10 4,165 108,640 3.8
  Grade 11 2,509 101,903 2.5
  Grade 12 3,464 106,856 3.2
 
  Total 25,556 1,350,638 1.9
 
Multiracial Grade K 272 11,688 2.3
  Grade 1 289 11,774 2.5
  Grade 2 146 11,271 1.3
  Grade 3 85 10,661 0.8
  Grade 4 71 10,773 0.7
  Grade 5 54 10,561 0.5
  Grade 6 51 10,617 0.5
  Grade 7 64 10,709 0.6
  Grade 8 60 10,474 0.6
  Grade 9 890 10,120 8.8
  Grade 10 563 9,384 6.0
  Grade 11 357 8,401 4.2
  Grade 12 310 8,102 3.8
 
  Total 3,212 134,535 2.4
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 5,503 226,930 2.4
  Grade 1 9,333 235,456 4.0
  Grade 2 5,419 233,329 2.3
  Grade 3 3,097 231,709 1.3
  Grade 4 2,110 232,281 0.9
  Grade 5 1,591 237,920 0.7
  Grade 6 1,819 247,717 0.7
  Grade 7 2,298 251,812 0.9
  Grade 8 1,938 248,099 0.8
  Grade 9 37,147 246,209 15.1
  Grade 10 24,163 225,188 10.7
  Grade 11 14,415 193,496 7.4
  Grade 12 10,228 193,182 5.3
 
  Total 119,061 3,003,328 4.0
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,566 129,098 2.0
  Grade 1 2,106 137,048 1.5
  Grade 2 1,052 139,179 0.8
  Grade 3 674 141,298 0.5
  Grade 4 502 144,486 0.3
  Grade 5 436 148,027 0.3
  Grade 6 453 156,685 0.3
  Grade 7 585 164,286 0.4
  Grade 8 536 168,030 0.3
  Grade 9 8,641 175,217 4.9
  Grade 10 6,653 176,278 3.8
  Grade 11 4,542 171,240 2.7
  Grade 12 5,753 179,525 3.2
 
  Total 34,499 2,030,397 1.7
 
Female Grade K 3,073 174,152 1.8
  Grade 1 5,183 181,589 2.9
  Grade 2 2,974 182,335 1.6
  Grade 3 1,738 182,005 1.0
  Grade 4 1,219 184,072 0.7
  Grade 5 931 188,455 0.5
  Grade 6 965 197,324 0.5
  Grade 7 1,223 203,012 0.6
  Grade 8 1,032 202,606 0.5
  Grade 9 18,640 204,648 9.1
  Grade 10 12,200 196,121 6.2
  Grade 11 7,775 181,133 4.3
  Grade 12 6,311 185,847 3.4
 
  Total 63,264 2,463,299 2.6
 
Male Grade K 4,996 181,876 2.7
  Grade 1 6,256 190,915 3.3
  Grade 2 3,497 190,173 1.8
  Grade 3 2,033 191,002 1.1
  Grade 4 1,393 192,695 0.7
  Grade 5 1,096 197,492 0.6
  Grade 6 1,307 207,078 0.6
  Grade 7 1,660 213,086 0.8
  Grade 8 1,442 213,523 0.7
  Grade 9 27,148 216,778 12.5
  Grade 10 18,616 205,345 9.1
  Grade 11 11,182 183,603 6.1
  Grade 12 9,670 186,860 5.2
 
  Total 90,296 2,570,426 3.5
 


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

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