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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2020-21

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 3,794 151,240 2.5
  Grade 1 7,078 193,817 3.7
  Grade 2 4,054 195,955 2.1
  Grade 3 2,056 179,012 1.1
  Grade 4 1,172 155,381 0.8
  Grade 5 1,037 168,619 0.6
  Grade 6 1,280 191,334 0.7
  Grade 7 1,767 191,453 0.9
  Grade 8 1,574 199,317 0.8
  Grade 9 32,882 199,962 16.4
  Grade 10 23,171 189,913 12.2
  Grade 11 14,429 157,135 9.2
  Grade 12 10,386 164,484 6.3
 
  Total 104,680 2,337,622 4.5
 
Bilingual Grade K 636 55,725 1.1
  Grade 1 1,766 58,717 3.0
  Grade 2 1,126 57,247 2.0
  Grade 3 646 56,856 1.1
  Grade 4 408 53,671 0.8
  Grade 5 263 49,565 0.5
  Grade 6 47 8,970 0.5
  Grade 7 11 1,789 0.6
  Grade 8 1 1,004 0.1
  Grade 9 27 285 9.5
  Grade 10 8 182 4.4
  Grade 11 19 140 13.6
  Grade 12 0 60 0.0
 
  Total 4,958 344,211 1.4
 
Bilingual alternative language program Grade K 93 6,854 1.4
  Grade 1 120 7,733 1.6
  Grade 2 108 8,441 1.3
  Grade 3 76 9,806 0.8
  Grade 4 66 11,157 0.6
  Grade 5 69 13,380 0.5
  Grade 6 27 4,416 0.6
  Grade 7 6 1,414 0.4
  Grade 8 2 489 0.4
  Grade 9 39 314 12.4
  Grade 10 33 237 13.9
  Grade 11 8 154 5.2
  Grade 12 3 49 6.1
 
  Total 650 64,444 1.0
 
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  Grade 7 1 95 1.1
  Grade 8 8 2,467 0.3
  Grade 9 390 22,173 1.8
  Grade 10 2,777 148,542 1.9
  Grade 11 5,084 218,340 2.3
  Grade 12 6,941 255,886 2.7
 
  Total 15,201 647,503 2.3
 
Dyslexia Grade K 2 86 2.3
  Grade 1 41 1,577 2.6
  Grade 2 250 11,990 2.1
  Grade 3 234 21,524 1.1
  Grade 4 171 25,710 0.7
  Grade 5 103 26,503 0.4
  Grade 6 132 26,076 0.5
  Grade 7 144 24,554 0.6
  Grade 8 117 22,953 0.5
  Grade 9 2,281 20,740 11.0
  Grade 10 1,357 18,158 7.5
  Grade 11 747 14,726 5.1
  Grade 12 307 13,240 2.3
 
  Total 5,886 227,837 2.6
 
Emergent bilingual student/English learner Grade K 1,461 90,694 1.6
  Grade 1 3,037 96,002 3.2
  Grade 2 2,010 96,333 2.1
  Grade 3 1,186 98,261 1.2
  Grade 4 804 97,261 0.8
  Grade 5 602 94,842 0.6
  Grade 6 582 91,361 0.6
  Grade 7 745 81,851 0.9
  Grade 8 554 74,742 0.7
  Grade 9 12,688 68,545 18.5
  Grade 10 8,179 58,533 14.0
  Grade 11 4,557 42,088 10.8
  Grade 12 2,310 34,951 6.6
 
  Total 38,715 1,025,464 3.8
 
English as a second language Grade K 441 19,704 2.2
  Grade 1 587 21,517 2.7
  Grade 2 378 21,863 1.7
  Grade 3 230 22,619 1.0
  Grade 4 169 22,789 0.7
  Grade 5 127 22,092 0.6
  Grade 6 358 61,571 0.6
  Grade 7 568 62,242 0.9
  Grade 8 437 58,134 0.8
  Grade 9 9,645 53,160 18.1
  Grade 10 6,475 47,141 13.7
  Grade 11 3,580 34,068 10.5
  Grade 12 1,715 28,528 6.0
 
  Total 24,710 475,428 5.2
 
English as a second language alternative language program Grade K 19 825 2.3
  Grade 1 30 970 3.1
  Grade 2 19 1,146 1.7
  Grade 3 12 1,021 1.2
  Grade 4 5 1,104 0.5
  Grade 5 14 1,424 1.0
  Grade 6 42 7,595 0.6
  Grade 7 40 8,450 0.5
  Grade 8 34 8,045 0.4
  Grade 9 779 7,062 11.0
  Grade 10 514 5,442 9.4
  Grade 11 284 3,939 7.2
  Grade 12 162 3,111 5.2
 
  Total 1,954 50,134 3.9
 
Foster care Grade K 84 1,619 5.2
  Grade 1 97 1,526 6.4
  Grade 2 48 1,474 3.3
  Grade 3 30 1,313 2.3
  Grade 4 13 1,216 1.1
  Grade 5 11 1,204 0.9
  Grade 6 7 1,185 0.6
  Grade 7 10 1,128 0.9
  Grade 8 10 1,160 0.9
  Grade 9 261 1,341 19.5
  Grade 10 156 1,013 15.4
  Grade 11 102 706 14.4
  Grade 12 82 636 12.9
 
  Total 911 15,521 5.9
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 18 11,372 0.2
  Grade 1 27 18,041 0.1
  Grade 2 19 26,307 0.1
  Grade 3 28 33,248 0.1
  Grade 4 26 38,807 0.1
  Grade 5 24 43,185 0.1
  Grade 6 63 45,144 0.1
  Grade 7 71 47,029 0.2
  Grade 8 77 44,875 0.2
  Grade 9 1,002 42,522 2.4
  Grade 10 677 40,635 1.7
  Grade 11 380 37,331 1.0
  Grade 12 195 36,021 0.5
 
  Total 2,607 464,517 0.6
 
Homeless Grade K 245 5,895 4.2
  Grade 1 382 5,802 6.6
  Grade 2 207 5,500 3.8
  Grade 3 147 5,507 2.7
  Grade 4 85 5,276 1.6
  Grade 5 62 5,322 1.2
  Grade 6 83 5,568 1.5
  Grade 7 96 5,426 1.8
  Grade 8 87 5,348 1.6
  Grade 9 1,373 5,884 23.3
  Grade 10 857 4,966 17.3
  Grade 11 505 4,345 11.6
  Grade 12 375 6,342 5.9
 
  Total 4,504 71,181 6.3
 
Immigrant Grade K 80 8,015 1.0
  Grade 1 268 11,351 2.4
  Grade 2 203 11,017 1.8
  Grade 3 111 8,813 1.3
  Grade 4 87 7,380 1.2
  Grade 5 63 6,556 1.0
  Grade 6 44 6,012 0.7
  Grade 7 53 5,797 0.9
  Grade 8 62 5,762 1.1
  Grade 9 861 6,198 13.9
  Grade 10 799 6,441 12.4
  Grade 11 428 4,784 8.9
  Grade 12 249 4,147 6.0
 
  Total 3,308 92,273 3.6
 
Migrant Grade K 36 882 4.1
  Grade 1 71 926 7.7
  Grade 2 55 1,084 5.1
  Grade 3 29 1,017 2.9
  Grade 4 20 1,102 1.8
  Grade 5 11 1,130 1.0
  Grade 6 11 1,240 0.9
  Grade 7 28 1,327 2.1
  Grade 8 33 1,342 2.5
  Grade 9 309 1,418 21.8
  Grade 10 199 1,461 13.6
  Grade 11 119 1,247 9.5
  Grade 12 63 1,501 4.2
 
  Total 984 15,677 6.3
 
Military-connected Grade K 173 10,079 1.7
  Grade 1 166 10,039 1.7
  Grade 2 91 10,124 0.9
  Grade 3 54 10,473 0.5
  Grade 4 33 10,651 0.3
  Grade 5 35 10,339 0.3
  Grade 6 24 10,715 0.2
  Grade 7 37 11,112 0.3
  Grade 8 47 11,200 0.4
  Grade 9 715 11,187 6.4
  Grade 10 468 10,759 4.3
  Grade 11 293 9,996 2.9
  Grade 12 317 10,597 3.0
 
  Total 2,453 137,271 1.8
 
Overage Grade K 30 12,823 0.2
  Grade 1 219 22,419 1.0
  Grade 2 277 30,838 0.9
  Grade 3 295 37,324 0.8
  Grade 4 283 42,506 0.7
  Grade 5 231 48,127 0.5
  Grade 6 458 53,714 0.9
  Grade 7 678 59,549 1.1
  Grade 8 532 62,448 0.9
  Grade 9 17,099 79,103 21.6
  Grade 10 12,237 75,998 16.1
  Grade 11 6,804 59,520 11.4
  Grade 12 8,807 69,098 12.7
 
  Total 47,950 653,467 7.3
 
Section 504 Grade K 142 4,010 3.5
  Grade 1 690 14,811 4.7
  Grade 2 613 26,264 2.3
  Grade 3 415 33,030 1.3
  Grade 4 310 37,260 0.8
  Grade 5 228 40,291 0.6
  Grade 6 268 42,003 0.6
  Grade 7 343 43,348 0.8
  Grade 8 328 44,091 0.7
  Grade 9 5,235 43,878 11.9
  Grade 10 3,206 39,613 8.1
  Grade 11 1,844 33,813 5.5
  Grade 12 814 30,941 2.6
 
  Total 14,436 433,353 3.3
 
Special education Grade K 2,063 39,640 5.2
  Grade 1 1,962 46,900 4.2
  Grade 2 1,160 53,595 2.2
  Grade 3 561 55,573 1.0
  Grade 4 396 56,230 0.7
  Grade 5 367 55,860 0.7
  Grade 6 320 53,836 0.6
  Grade 7 374 50,508 0.7
  Grade 8 379 46,681 0.8
  Grade 9 6,375 45,109 14.1
  Grade 10 3,935 40,157 9.8
  Grade 11 2,393 33,150 7.2
  Grade 12 8,371 39,165 21.4
 
  Total 28,656 616,404 4.6
 
Title I Grade K 6,416 279,567 2.3
  Grade 1 10,357 290,507 3.6
  Grade 2 5,961 289,005 2.1
  Grade 3 3,421 286,475 1.2
  Grade 4 2,287 287,620 0.8
  Grade 5 1,766 292,279 0.6
  Grade 6 1,818 266,460 0.7
  Grade 7 2,166 260,234 0.8
  Grade 8 1,807 259,897 0.7
  Grade 9 27,323 192,754 14.2
  Grade 10 18,336 182,645 10.0
  Grade 11 11,423 162,342 7.0
  Grade 12 7,853 165,464 4.7
 
  Total 100,934 3,215,249 3.1
 

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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