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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2021-22

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 612 45,457 1.3
Grade 1 1,376 47,960 2.9
Grade 2 903 47,343 1.9
Grade 3 561 47,569 1.2
Grade 4 316 47,992 0.7
Grade 5 179 48,980 0.4
Grade 6 253 50,090 0.5
Grade 7 295 53,373 0.6
Grade 8 233 53,681 0.4
Grade 9 7,328 59,711 12.3
Grade 10 4,349 49,811 8.7
Grade 11 2,727 44,887 6.1
Grade 12 2,109 47,038 4.5
 
Total 21,241 643,892 3.3
 
American Indian Grade K 23 963 2.4
Grade 1 30 1,191 2.5
Grade 2 16 1,140 1.4
Grade 3 18 1,148 1.6
Grade 4 4 1,215 0.3
Grade 5 3 1,205 0.2
Grade 6 3 1,758 0.2
Grade 7 7 1,578 0.4
Grade 8 10 1,399 0.7
Grade 9 141 1,484 9.5
Grade 10 97 1,287 7.5
Grade 11 44 1,126 3.9
Grade 12 37 1,189 3.1
 
Total 433 16,683 2.6
 
Asian Grade K 148 18,078 0.8
Grade 1 131 18,826 0.7
Grade 2 96 19,506 0.5
Grade 3 69 20,115 0.3
Grade 4 38 20,226 0.2
Grade 5 29 19,606 0.1
Grade 6 28 19,784 0.1
Grade 7 24 19,777 0.1
Grade 8 26 20,121 0.1
Grade 9 616 20,301 3.0
Grade 10 278 18,919 1.5
Grade 11 202 18,574 1.1
Grade 12 477 19,234 2.5
 
Total 2,162 253,067 0.9
 
Hispanic Grade K 3,365 194,474 1.7
Grade 1 6,469 202,491 3.2
Grade 2 4,014 199,946 2.0
Grade 3 1,957 199,629 1.0
Grade 4 1,010 199,937 0.5
Grade 5 641 202,675 0.3
Grade 6 740 207,365 0.4
Grade 7 1,073 222,627 0.5
Grade 8 978 224,596 0.4
Grade 9 27,151 247,731 11.0
Grade 10 15,265 207,949 7.3
Grade 11 10,029 189,795 5.3
Grade 12 8,200 198,135 4.1
 
Total 80,892 2,697,350 3.0
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 12 521 2.3
Grade 1 14 586 2.4
Grade 2 17 582 2.9
Grade 3 13 638 2.0
Grade 4 1 617 0.2
Grade 5 5 643 0.8
Grade 6 3 661 0.5
Grade 7 3 679 0.4
Grade 8 3 613 0.5
Grade 9 51 686 7.4
Grade 10 35 607 5.8
Grade 11 21 519 4.0
Grade 12 33 594 5.6
 
Total 211 7,946 2.7
 
White Grade K 2,595 98,638 2.6
Grade 1 2,063 99,768 2.1
Grade 2 1,029 100,622 1.0
Grade 3 498 100,437 0.5
Grade 4 389 101,278 0.4
Grade 5 281 100,687 0.3
Grade 6 264 104,047 0.3
Grade 7 403 108,017 0.4
Grade 8 411 109,824 0.4
Grade 9 5,434 115,119 4.7
Grade 10 3,311 105,408 3.1
Grade 11 1,963 100,618 2.0
Grade 12 3,172 105,837 3.0
 
Total 21,813 1,350,300 1.6
 
Multiracial Grade K 246 13,500 1.8
Grade 1 254 13,107 1.9
Grade 2 143 12,430 1.2
Grade 3 70 11,751 0.6
Grade 4 35 11,342 0.3
Grade 5 38 11,288 0.3
Grade 6 38 11,804 0.3
Grade 7 49 11,394 0.4
Grade 8 39 11,252 0.3
Grade 9 897 11,660 7.7
Grade 10 490 9,816 5.0
Grade 11 323 8,876 3.6
Grade 12 295 8,898 3.3
 
Total 2,917 147,118 2.0
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 4,592 233,410 2.0
Grade 1 8,310 244,795 3.4
Grade 2 5,148 239,560 2.1
Grade 3 2,584 237,245 1.1
Grade 4 1,415 236,695 0.6
Grade 5 840 237,043 0.4
Grade 6 1,055 241,302 0.4
Grade 7 1,457 254,814 0.6
Grade 8 1,317 254,041 0.5
Grade 9 33,798 273,129 12.4
Grade 10 18,464 220,631 8.4
Grade 11 11,687 195,222 6.0
Grade 12 8,938 201,975 4.4
 
Total 99,605 3,069,862 3.2
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,409 138,221 1.7
Grade 1 2,027 139,134 1.5
Grade 2 1,070 142,009 0.8
Grade 3 602 144,042 0.4
Grade 4 378 145,912 0.3
Grade 5 336 148,041 0.2
Grade 6 274 154,207 0.2
Grade 7 397 162,631 0.2
Grade 8 383 167,445 0.2
Grade 9 7,820 183,563 4.3
Grade 10 5,361 173,166 3.1
Grade 11 3,622 169,173 2.1
Grade 12 5,385 178,950 3.0
 
Total 30,064 2,046,494 1.5
 
Female Grade K 2,639 181,309 1.5
  Grade 1 4,642 188,027 2.5
  Grade 2 2,882 186,161 1.5
  Grade 3 1,505 186,703 0.8
  Grade 4 844 186,899 0.5
  Grade 5 509 188,158 0.3
  Grade 6 592 192,762 0.3
  Grade 7 852 203,802 0.4
  Grade 8 802 205,725 0.4
  Grade 9 17,287 220,123 7.9
  Grade 10 10,023 193,389 5.2
  Grade 11 6,412 180,357 3.6
  Grade 12 5,600 189,164 3.0
 
  Total 54,589 2,502,579 2.2
 
Male Grade K 4,362 190,322 2.3
  Grade 1 5,695 195,902 2.9
  Grade 2 3,336 195,408 1.7
  Grade 3 1,681 194,584 0.9
  Grade 4 949 195,708 0.5
  Grade 5 667 196,926 0.3
  Grade 6 737 202,747 0.4
  Grade 7 1,002 213,643 0.5
  Grade 8 898 215,761 0.4
  Grade 9 24,331 236,569 10.3
  Grade 10 13,802 200,408 6.9
  Grade 11 8,897 184,038 4.8
  Grade 12 8,723 191,761 4.5
 
  Total 75,080 2,613,777 2.9
 

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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