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Grade-Level Retention, by Race/Ethnicity, Economic Status, Gender, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2023-24

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
African American Grade K 475 44,784 1.1
Grade 1 938 47,769 2.0
Grade 2 634 48,959 1.3
Grade 3 372 49,388 0.8
Grade 4 248 48,885 0.5
Grade 5 159 48,959 0.3
Grade 6 242 49,577 0.5
Grade 7 304 51,273 0.6
Grade 8 243 51,915 0.5
Grade 9 6,449 59,451 10.8
Grade 10 3,800 53,463 7.1
Grade 11 1,981 47,769 4.1
Grade 12 1,959 49,657 3.9
 
Total 17,804 651,849 2.7
 
American Indian Grade K 19 1,158 1.6
Grade 1 16 1,099 1.5
Grade 2 16 1,052 1.5
Grade 3 9 1,194 0.8
Grade 4 5 1,179 0.4
Grade 5 4 1,196 0.3
Grade 6 8 1,233 0.6
Grade 7 12 1,293 0.9
Grade 8 5 1,800 0.3
Grade 9 168 1,734 9.7
Grade 10 77 1,356 5.7
Grade 11 43 1,181 3.6
Grade 12 36 1,261 2.9
 
Total 418 16,736 2.5
 
Asian Grade K 138 19,472 0.7
Grade 1 112 21,158 0.5
Grade 2 82 21,798 0.4
Grade 3 58 21,732 0.3
Grade 4 37 22,254 0.2
Grade 5 47 22,559 0.2
Grade 6 29 22,523 0.1
Grade 7 39 22,171 0.2
Grade 8 29 21,831 0.1
Grade 9 410 22,378 1.8
Grade 10 250 22,022 1.1
Grade 11 184 20,435 0.9
Grade 12 573 20,265 2.8
 
Total 1,988 280,598 0.7
 
Hispanic Grade K 2,722 190,430 1.4
Grade 1 5,020 203,315 2.5
Grade 2 3,145 211,415 1.5
Grade 3 1,550 209,800 0.7
Grade 4 876 208,305 0.4
Grade 5 636 207,720 0.3
Grade 6 718 209,051 0.3
Grade 7 1,057 214,566 0.5
Grade 8 910 217,958 0.4
Grade 9 23,114 247,506 9.3
Grade 10 13,612 226,351 6.0
Grade 11 7,601 200,692 3.8
Grade 12 7,811 207,225 3.8
 
Total 68,772 2,754,334 2.5
 
Pacific Islander Grade K 15 527 2.8
Grade 1 12 573 2.1
Grade 2 11 582 1.9
Grade 3 6 614 1.0
Grade 4 2 597 0.3
Grade 5 2 650 0.3
Grade 6 0 670 0.0
Grade 7 1 670 0.1
Grade 8 4 699 0.6
Grade 9 59 706 8.4
Grade 10 40 643 6.2
Grade 11 21 580 3.6
Grade 12 24 628 3.8
 
Total 197 8,139 2.4
 
White Grade K 2,226 87,664 2.5
Grade 1 1,663 92,265 1.8
Grade 2 805 98,555 0.8
Grade 3 389 97,908 0.4
Grade 4 285 99,423 0.3
Grade 5 211 98,718 0.2
Grade 6 268 99,988 0.3
Grade 7 366 101,365 0.4
Grade 8 386 104,376 0.4
Grade 9 4,353 110,295 3.9
Grade 10 2,724 106,679 2.6
Grade 11 1,495 100,022 1.5
Grade 12 2,905 104,056 2.8
 
Total 18,076 1,301,314 1.4
 
Multiracial Grade K 197 13,592 1.4
Grade 1 211 13,974 1.5
Grade 2 104 14,245 0.7
Grade 3 73 13,566 0.5
Grade 4 54 13,095 0.4
Grade 5 35 12,326 0.3
Grade 6 41 12,176 0.3
Grade 7 55 12,180 0.5
Grade 8 49 11,999 0.4
Grade 9 764 12,685 6.0
Grade 10 525 11,554 4.5
Grade 11 239 10,169 2.4
Grade 12 288 9,942 2.9
 
Total 2,635 161,503 1.6
 
Economically disadvantaged Grade K 3,779 233,932 1.6
Grade 1 6,483 249,519 2.6
Grade 2 3,866 256,789 1.5
Grade 3 1,946 254,584 0.8
Grade 4 1,157 250,596 0.5
Grade 5 793 248,461 0.3
Grade 6 1,020 248,251 0.4
Grade 7 1,453 250,650 0.6
Grade 8 1,208 253,511 0.5
Grade 9 29,166 282,220 10.3
Grade 10 16,849 249,991 6.7
Grade 11 9,008 214,262 4.2
Grade 12 8,659 218,737 4.0
 
Total 85,387 3,211,503 2.7
 
Not economically disadvantaged Grade K 2,013 123,695 1.6
Grade 1 1,489 130,634 1.1
Grade 2 931 139,817 0.7
Grade 3 511 139,618 0.4
Grade 4 350 143,142 0.2
Grade 5 301 143,667 0.2
Grade 6 286 146,967 0.2
Grade 7 381 152,868 0.2
Grade 8 418 157,067 0.3
Grade 9 6,151 172,535 3.6
Grade 10 4,179 172,077 2.4
Grade 11 2,556 166,586 1.5
Grade 12 4,937 174,297 2.8
 
Total 24,503 1,962,970 1.2
 
Female Grade K 2,181 175,321 1.2
  Grade 1 3,512 184,940 1.9
  Grade 2 2,226 193,988 1.1
  Grade 3 1,133 193,253 0.6
  Grade 4 695 192,089 0.4
  Grade 5 453 191,690 0.2
  Grade 6 527 192,766 0.3
  Grade 7 865 196,732 0.4
  Grade 8 740 200,066 0.4
  Grade 9 15,205 220,741 6.9
  Grade 10 8,879 206,680 4.3
  Grade 11 4,936 187,829 2.6
  Grade 12 5,264 194,650 2.7
 
  Total 46,616 2,530,745 1.8
 
Male Grade K 3,611 182,306 2.0
  Grade 1 4,460 195,213 2.3
  Grade 2 2,571 202,618 1.3
  Grade 3 1,324 200,949 0.7
  Grade 4 812 201,649 0.4
  Grade 5 641 200,438 0.3
  Grade 6 779 202,452 0.4
  Grade 7 969 206,786 0.5
  Grade 8 886 210,512 0.4
  Grade 9 20,112 234,014 8.6
  Grade 10 12,149 215,388 5.6
  Grade 11 6,628 193,019 3.4
  Grade 12 8,332 198,384 4.2
 
  Total 63,274 2,643,728 2.4
 

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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