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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2022-23

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 501 45,440 1.1
Grade 1 1,179 48,559 2.4
Grade 2 755 48,883 1.5
Grade 3 468 48,261 1.0
Grade 4 254 48,308 0.5
Grade 5 155 48,612 0.3
Grade 6 222 49,855 0.4
Grade 7 308 51,589 0.6
Grade 8 267 53,942 0.5
Grade 9 6,904 59,390 11.6
Grade 10 4,186 53,553 7.8
Grade 11 2,468 44,860 5.5
Grade 12 2,036 48,469 4.2
 
Total 19,703 649,721 3.0
 
American Indian Grade K 26 1,065 2.4
Grade 1 15 1,002 1.5
Grade 2 17 1,182 1.4
Grade 3 8 1,140 0.7
Grade 4 5 1,168 0.4
Grade 5 4 1,200 0.3
Grade 6 0 1,222 0.0
Grade 7 1 1,785 0.1
Grade 8 1 1,574 0.1
Grade 9 160 1,478 10.8
Grade 10 66 1,315 5.0
Grade 11 44 1,138 3.9
Grade 12 33 1,201 2.7
 
Total 380 16,470 2.3
 
Asian Grade K 137 19,294 0.7
Grade 1 145 20,536 0.7
Grade 2 85 20,585 0.4
Grade 3 43 21,126 0.2
Grade 4 30 21,701 0.1
Grade 5 26 21,352 0.1
Grade 6 25 21,039 0.1
Grade 7 20 21,031 0.1
Grade 8 21 20,706 0.1
Grade 9 523 22,031 2.4
Grade 10 232 20,258 1.1
Grade 11 186 19,062 1.0
Grade 12 532 19,634 2.7
 
Total 2,005 268,355 0.7
 
Hispanic Grade K 2,868 191,458 1.5
Grade 1 5,666 207,319 2.7
Grade 2 3,430 205,594 1.7
Grade 3 1,710 203,246 0.8
Grade 4 983 203,376 0.5
Grade 5 590 203,402 0.3
Grade 6 612 207,117 0.3
Grade 7 1,091 214,267 0.5
Grade 8 1,061 225,578 0.5
Grade 9 24,773 247,512 10.0
Grade 10 15,168 224,210 6.8
Grade 11 8,545 189,675 4.5
Grade 12 7,789 203,447 3.8
 
Total 74,286 2,726,201 2.7
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 11 539 2.0
Grade 1 15 558 2.7
Grade 2 15 601 2.5
Grade 3 5 604 0.8
Grade 4 1 639 0.2
Grade 5 3 648 0.5
Grade 6 3 661 0.5
Grade 7 3 698 0.4
Grade 8 6 684 0.9
Grade 9 45 676 6.7
Grade 10 41 648 6.3
Grade 11 17 551 3.1
Grade 12 30 596 5.0
 
Total 195 8,103 2.4
 
White Grade K 2,284 91,492 2.5
Grade 1 1,889 100,216 1.9
Grade 2 852 98,900 0.9
Grade 3 414 100,283 0.4
Grade 4 284 100,084 0.3
Grade 5 213 100,299 0.2
Grade 6 273 100,672 0.3
Grade 7 367 105,127 0.3
Grade 8 393 107,079 0.4
Grade 9 4,817 113,412 4.2
Grade 10 2,969 108,088 2.7
Grade 11 1,662 98,224 1.7
Grade 12 2,986 105,384 2.8
 
Total 19,403 1,329,260 1.5
 
Multiracial Grade K 250 13,428 1.9
Grade 1 211 14,147 1.5
Grade 2 105 13,407 0.8
Grade 3 66 12,794 0.5
Grade 4 54 12,104 0.4
Grade 5 41 11,691 0.4
Grade 6 34 11,731 0.3
Grade 7 51 11,804 0.4
Grade 8 49 11,695 0.4
Grade 9 863 12,186 7.1
Grade 10 474 10,930 4.3
Grade 11 275 9,189 3.0
Grade 12 299 9,548 3.1
 
Total 2,772 154,654 1.8
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 4,037 235,309 1.7
Grade 1 7,515 254,304 3.0
Grade 2 4,427 251,333 1.8
Grade 3 2,230 246,796 0.9
Grade 4 1,273 245,198 0.5
Grade 5 775 244,033 0.3
Grade 6 910 244,926 0.4
Grade 7 1,469 252,289 0.6
Grade 8 1,378 261,423 0.5
Grade 9 31,480 281,503 11.2
Grade 10 18,485 245,767 7.5
Grade 11 10,204 199,655 5.1
Grade 12 8,736 213,167 4.1
 
Total 92,919 3,175,703 2.9
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,040 127,407 1.6
Grade 1 1,605 138,033 1.2
Grade 2 832 137,819 0.6
Grade 3 484 140,658 0.3
Grade 4 338 142,182 0.2
Grade 5 257 143,171 0.2
Grade 6 259 147,371 0.2
Grade 7 372 154,012 0.2
Grade 8 420 159,835 0.3
Grade 9 6,605 175,182 3.8
Grade 10 4,651 173,235 2.7
Grade 11 2,993 163,044 1.8
Grade 12 4,969 175,112 2.8
 
Total 25,825 1,977,061 1.3
 
Female Grade K 2,289 176,229 1.3
  Grade 1 4,085 191,494 2.1
  Grade 2 2,468 190,713 1.3
  Grade 3 1,275 189,037 0.7
  Grade 4 703 189,452 0.4
  Grade 5 419 188,850 0.2
  Grade 6 541 191,538 0.3
  Grade 7 852 197,916 0.4
  Grade 8 811 205,628 0.4
  Grade 9 16,066 221,170 7.3
  Grade 10 9,772 204,669 4.8
  Grade 11 5,693 179,884 3.2
  Grade 12 5,314 191,918 2.8
 
  Total 50,288 2,518,498 2.0
 
Male Grade K 3,788 186,487 2.0
  Grade 1 5,035 200,843 2.5
  Grade 2 2,791 198,439 1.4
  Grade 3 1,439 198,417 0.7
  Grade 4 908 197,928 0.5
  Grade 5 613 198,354 0.3
  Grade 6 628 200,759 0.3
  Grade 7 989 208,385 0.5
  Grade 8 987 215,630 0.5
  Grade 9 22,019 235,515 9.3
  Grade 10 13,364 214,333 6.2
  Grade 11 7,504 182,815 4.1
  Grade 12 8,391 196,361 4.3
 
  Total 68,456 2,634,266 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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