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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2021-22

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 3,566 174,015 2.0
Grade 1 6,636 200,405 3.3
Grade 2 4,039 202,052 2.0
Grade 3 1,815 188,081 1.0
Grade 4 973 194,995 0.5
Grade 5 621 212,398 0.3
Grade 6 694 199,192 0.3
Grade 7 1,121 217,594 0.5
Grade 8 1,004 226,964 0.4
Grade 9 28,325 245,658 11.5
Grade 10 17,233 187,604 9.2
Grade 11 11,324 165,808 6.8
Grade 12 8,940 167,392 5.3
 
Total 86,291 2,582,158 3.3
 
Bilingual Grade K 466 54,699 0.9
Grade 1 1,739 57,471 3.0
Grade 2 1,124 54,947 2.0
Grade 3 527 53,207 1.0
Grade 4 205 51,551 0.4
Grade 5 120 46,838 0.3
Grade 6 26 9,275 0.3
Grade 7 8 2,057 0.4
Grade 8 2 1,324 0.2
Grade 9 14 469 3.0
Grade 10 7 192 3.6
Grade 11 5 127 3.9
Grade 12 2 143 1.4
 
Total 4,245 332,300 1.3
 
Bilingual alternative language program Grade K 86 8,124 1.1
Grade 1 164 9,119 1.8
Grade 2 134 10,077 1.3
Grade 3 98 11,927 0.8
Grade 4 66 13,590 0.5
Grade 5 41 16,245 0.3
Grade 6 16 5,287 0.3
Grade 7 2 1,900 0.1
Grade 8 0 1,245 0.0
Grade 9 40 469 8.5
Grade 10 22 323 6.8
Grade 11 9 202 4.5
Grade 12 6 136 4.4
 
Total 684 78,644 0.9
 
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Grade 7 0 216 0.0
Grade 8 3 4,066 0.1
Grade 9 387 30,238 1.3
Grade 10 2,117 152,584 1.4
Grade 11 3,617 221,723 1.6
Grade 12 6,101 264,034 2.3
 
Total 12,225 672,861 1.8
 
Dyslexia Grade K 3 94 3.2
Grade 1 56 2,242 2.5
Grade 2 231 15,245 1.5
Grade 3 189 25,216 0.7
Grade 4 110 29,024 0.4
Grade 5 66 29,673 0.2
Grade 6 79 28,300 0.3
Grade 7 112 27,051 0.4
Grade 8 74 25,080 0.3
Grade 9 1,984 24,141 8.2
Grade 10 1,116 19,200 5.8
Grade 11 633 16,281 3.9
Grade 12 265 15,134 1.8
 
Total 4,918 256,681 1.9
 
Emergent bilingual student/English learner Grade K 1,277 95,060 1.3
Grade 1 3,180 99,731 3.2
Grade 2 2,111 97,749 2.2
Grade 3 1,076 99,376 1.1
Grade 4 559 100,814 0.6
Grade 5 355 99,234 0.4
Grade 6 326 95,460 0.3
Grade 7 457 94,080 0.5
Grade 8 381 82,882 0.5
Grade 9 12,974 88,066 14.7
Grade 10 6,388 61,356 10.4
Grade 11 4,113 49,317 8.3
Grade 12 2,216 42,651 5.2
 
Total 35,413 1,105,776 3.2
 
English as a second language Grade K 323 20,435 1.6
Grade 1 468 21,667 2.2
Grade 2 317 21,447 1.5
Grade 3 170 23,106 0.7
Grade 4 83 23,876 0.3
Grade 5 71 23,901 0.3
Grade 6 144 61,218 0.2
Grade 7 265 69,376 0.4
Grade 8 239 63,189 0.4
Grade 9 8,178 65,594 12.5
Grade 10 4,571 46,940 9.7
Grade 11 2,994 38,498 7.8
Grade 12 1,550 34,047 4.6
 
Total 19,373 513,294 3.8
 
English as a second language alternative language program Grade K 17 1,343 1.3
Grade 1 20 1,389 1.4
Grade 2 20 1,417 1.4
Grade 3 11 1,561 0.7
Grade 4 10 1,717 0.6
Grade 5 8 2,113 0.4
Grade 6 24 9,382 0.3
Grade 7 44 10,787 0.4
Grade 8 28 8,496 0.3
Grade 9 897 9,724 9.2
Grade 10 565 7,196 7.9
Grade 11 337 5,537 6.1
Grade 12 178 4,471 4.0
 
Total 2,159 65,133 3.3
 
Foster care Grade K 60 1,340 4.5
Grade 1 56 1,250 4.5
Grade 2 35 1,156 3.0
Grade 3 17 1,136 1.5
Grade 4 10 1,027 1.0
Grade 5 2 1,011 0.2
Grade 6 7 959 0.7
Grade 7 12 930 1.3
Grade 8 8 964 0.8
Grade 9 214 1,129 19.0
Grade 10 106 873 12.1
Grade 11 63 591 10.7
Grade 12 69 568 12.1
 
Total 659 12,934 5.1
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 13 14,324 0.1
Grade 1 15 20,407 0.1
Grade 2 26 27,776 0.1
Grade 3 14 33,406 <0.1
Grade 4 8 39,440 <0.1
Grade 5 18 43,644 <0.1
Grade 6 18 43,469 <0.1
Grade 7 38 45,299 0.1
Grade 8 38 46,097 0.1
Grade 9 661 43,759 1.5
Grade 10 500 40,673 1.2
Grade 11 318 38,365 0.8
Grade 12 119 36,995 0.3
 
Total 1,786 473,654 0.4
 
Homeless Grade K 211 6,097 3.5
Grade 1 345 5,941 5.8
Grade 2 244 5,364 4.5
Grade 3 135 5,283 2.6
Grade 4 82 5,205 1.6
Grade 5 42 5,180 0.8
Grade 6 50 5,325 0.9
Grade 7 76 5,510 1.4
Grade 8 86 5,239 1.6
Grade 9 1,586 6,643 23.9
Grade 10 722 4,583 15.8
Grade 11 538 4,104 13.1
Grade 12 394 7,013 5.6
 
Total 4,511 71,487 6.3
 
Immigrant Grade K 85 8,343 1.0
Grade 1 286 10,850 2.6
Grade 2 216 9,920 2.2
Grade 3 102 8,644 1.2
Grade 4 51 7,510 0.7
Grade 5 37 6,504 0.6
Grade 6 22 5,904 0.4
Grade 7 32 6,049 0.5
Grade 8 39 5,665 0.7
Grade 9 791 7,532 10.5
Grade 10 425 5,320 8.0
Grade 11 370 4,692 7.9
Grade 12 242 3,798 6.4
 
Total 2,698 90,731 3.0
 
Migrant Grade K 31 821 3.8
Grade 1 53 919 5.8
Grade 2 41 899 4.6
Grade 3 17 964 1.8
Grade 4 10 986 1.0
Grade 5 7 1,045 0.7
Grade 6 5 1,056 0.5
Grade 7 19 1,217 1.6
Grade 8 16 1,232 1.3
Grade 9 262 1,454 18.0
Grade 10 144 1,173 12.3
Grade 11 90 1,127 8.0
Grade 12 47 1,317 3.6
 
Total 742 14,210 5.2
 
Military-connected Grade K 142 11,482 1.2
Grade 1 216 12,254 1.8
Grade 2 80 12,138 0.7
Grade 3 49 12,156 0.4
Grade 4 27 12,317 0.2
Grade 5 32 12,417 0.3
Grade 6 21 12,504 0.2
Grade 7 31 13,123 0.2
Grade 8 18 13,318 0.1
Grade 9 607 14,435 4.2
Grade 10 410 12,992 3.2
Grade 11 288 12,167 2.4
Grade 12 340 12,577 2.7
 
Total 2,261 163,880 1.4
 
Overage Grade K 51 18,866 0.3
Grade 1 230 27,425 0.8
Grade 2 275 30,938 0.9
Grade 3 221 36,098 0.6
Grade 4 174 41,299 0.4
Grade 5 131 45,477 0.3
Grade 6 298 51,485 0.6
Grade 7 471 57,912 0.8
Grade 8 376 61,783 0.6
Grade 9 18,496 97,192 19.0
Grade 10 9,589 73,684 13.0
Grade 11 5,127 56,747 9.0
Grade 12 8,052 69,514 11.6
 
Total 43,491 668,420 6.5
 
Section 504 Grade K 149 4,925 3.0
Grade 1 524 12,515 4.2
Grade 2 545 25,345 2.2
Grade 3 347 33,356 1.0
Grade 4 184 37,094 0.5
Grade 5 134 40,004 0.3
Grade 6 169 41,162 0.4
Grade 7 277 44,186 0.6
Grade 8 218 45,305 0.5
Grade 9 5,047 49,011 10.3
Grade 10 2,742 41,659 6.6
Grade 11 1,570 37,106 4.2
Grade 12 719 35,505 2.0
 
Total 12,625 447,173 2.8
 
Special education Grade K 2,074 45,701 4.5
Grade 1 1,904 52,855 3.6
Grade 2 1,192 59,637 2.0
Grade 3 558 62,780 0.9
Grade 4 331 61,525 0.5
Grade 5 260 60,082 0.4
Grade 6 211 56,132 0.4
Grade 7 291 54,684 0.5
Grade 8 238 50,365 0.5
Grade 9 6,305 49,967 12.6
Grade 10 3,328 39,983 8.3
Grade 11 2,051 34,101 6.0
Grade 12 8,328 40,678 20.5
 
Total 27,071 668,490 4.0
 
Title I Grade K 5,544 288,864 1.9
Grade 1 9,322 298,494 3.1
Grade 2 5,733 293,614 2.0
Grade 3 2,813 290,891 1.0
Grade 4 1,500 289,853 0.5
Grade 5 962 288,459 0.3
Grade 6 991 258,257 0.4
Grade 7 1,324 260,466 0.5
Grade 8 1,246 261,667 0.5
Grade 9 24,906 213,340 11.7
Grade 10 14,204 177,028 8.0
Grade 11 9,168 161,991 5.7
Grade 12 6,741 170,483 4.0
 
Total 84,454 3,253,407 2.6
 

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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