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Grade-Level Retention, by Program Participation, Student Characteristic, and Grade,
Texas Public Schools, 2023-24

Group Grade Retained Students Rate (%)
At-risk Grade K 3,044 174,630 1.7
Grade 1 5,205 198,630 2.6
Grade 2 3,078 210,540 1.5
Grade 3 1,346 196,693 0.7
Grade 4 777 185,381 0.4
Grade 5 537 193,855 0.3
Grade 6 703 199,695 0.4
Grade 7 1,017 207,164 0.5
Grade 8 861 211,495 0.4
Grade 9 23,549 239,783 9.8
Grade 10 15,269 212,043 7.2
Grade 11 8,462 176,540 4.8
Grade 12 8,312 180,433 4.6
 
Total 72,160 2,586,882 2.8
 
Bilingual Grade K 379 53,582 0.7
Grade 1 1,279 56,086 2.3
Grade 2 799 55,847 1.4
Grade 3 366 53,691 0.7
Grade 4 168 50,633 0.3
Grade 5 117 46,448 0.3
Grade 6 32 10,575 0.3
Grade 7 9 2,896 0.3
Grade 8 6 2,156 0.3
Grade 9 15 800 1.9
Grade 10 23 582 4.0
Grade 11 17 382 4.5
Grade 12 0 207 0.0
 
Total 3,210 333,885 1.0
 
Bilingual alternative language program Grade K 78 10,474 0.7
Grade 1 165 11,607 1.4
Grade 2 141 12,689 1.1
Grade 3 79 14,469 0.5
Grade 4 53 15,850 0.3
Grade 5 34 18,741 0.2
Grade 6 8 3,758 0.2
Grade 7 5 1,273 0.4
Grade 8 0 997 0.0
Grade 9 34 557 6.1
Grade 10 29 485 6.0
Grade 11 5 235 2.1
Grade 12 2 79 2.5
 
Total 633 91,214 0.7
 
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Grade 7 0 926 0.0
Grade 8 7 8,437 0.1
Grade 9 470 40,568 1.2
Grade 10 1,893 184,561 1.0
Grade 11 2,549 243,213 1.0
Grade 12 5,265 277,488 1.9
 
Total 10,184 755,193 1.3
 
Dyslexia Grade K 33 907 3.6
Grade 1 406 11,172 3.6
Grade 2 453 29,402 1.5
Grade 3 208 38,682 0.5
Grade 4 151 43,263 0.3
Grade 5 88 43,072 0.2
Grade 6 104 38,671 0.3
Grade 7 143 35,657 0.4
Grade 8 110 32,426 0.3
Grade 9 2,440 31,118 7.8
Grade 10 1,288 25,881 5.0
Grade 11 656 21,444 3.1
Grade 12 325 20,287 1.6
 
Total 6,405 371,982 1.7
 
Emergent bilingual Grade K 1,217 101,548 1.2
Grade 1 2,701 107,139 2.5
Grade 2 1,753 106,078 1.7
Grade 3 961 106,056 0.9
Grade 4 553 106,283 0.5
Grade 5 417 106,277 0.4
Grade 6 391 105,823 0.4
Grade 7 522 105,770 0.5
Grade 8 395 101,989 0.4
Grade 9 11,996 108,829 11.0
Grade 10 6,548 85,777 7.6
Grade 11 3,461 66,473 5.2
Grade 12 2,283 59,538 3.8
 
Total 33,198 1,267,580 2.6
 
English as a second language Grade K 321 22,992 1.4
Grade 1 377 24,542 1.5
Grade 2 193 22,244 0.9
Grade 3 113 23,182 0.5
Grade 4 72 24,327 0.3
Grade 5 61 25,443 0.2
Grade 6 182 62,424 0.3
Grade 7 269 70,076 0.4
Grade 8 188 69,525 0.3
Grade 9 6,919 75,149 9.2
Grade 10 4,408 62,288 7.1
Grade 11 2,404 49,214 4.9
Grade 12 1,507 45,524 3.3
 
Total 17,014 576,930 2.9
 
English as a second language alternative language program Grade K 25 3,068 0.8
Grade 1 48 3,537 1.4
Grade 2 20 3,431 0.6
Grade 3 30 3,686 0.8
Grade 4 15 4,042 0.4
Grade 5 23 4,613 0.5
Grade 6 27 15,678 0.2
Grade 7 73 18,728 0.4
Grade 8 56 17,356 0.3
Grade 9 1,205 17,298 7.0
Grade 10 763 13,288 5.7
Grade 11 423 10,324 4.1
Grade 12 269 8,605 3.1
 
Total 2,977 123,654 2.4
 
Foster care Grade K 34 1,128 3.0
Grade 1 49 1,018 4.8
Grade 2 28 883 3.2
Grade 3 13 912 1.4
Grade 4 8 828 1.0
Grade 5 5 847 0.6
Grade 6 2 749 0.3
Grade 7 7 802 0.9
Grade 8 10 863 1.2
Grade 9 183 975 18.8
Grade 10 94 709 13.3
Grade 11 51 541 9.4
Grade 12 78 540 14.4
 
Total 562 10,795 5.2
 
Gifted and talented Grade K 10 15,100 0.1
Grade 1 21 24,442 0.1
Grade 2 13 34,760 <0.1
Grade 3 16 39,497 <0.1
Grade 4 14 43,475 <0.1
Grade 5 15 47,313 <0.1
Grade 6 17 46,588 <0.1
Grade 7 29 45,996 0.1
Grade 8 28 44,145 0.1
Grade 9 466 44,311 1.1
Grade 10 400 43,627 0.9
Grade 11 218 40,311 0.5
Grade 12 85 39,100 0.2
 
Total 1,332 508,665 0.3
 
Homeless Grade K 215 7,364 2.9
Grade 1 399 7,593 5.3
Grade 2 239 7,561 3.2
Grade 3 172 7,050 2.4
Grade 4 100 6,601 1.5
Grade 5 66 6,430 1.0
Grade 6 83 6,702 1.2
Grade 7 97 6,478 1.5
Grade 8 77 6,452 1.2
Grade 9 1,825 7,931 23.0
Grade 10 809 5,787 14.0
Grade 11 440 4,769 9.2
Grade 12 379 8,029 4.7
 
Total 4,901 88,747 5.5
 
Immigrant Grade K 140 11,735 1.2
Grade 1 324 14,314 2.3
Grade 2 235 13,868 1.7
Grade 3 123 11,175 1.1
Grade 4 102 10,503 1.0
Grade 5 79 9,778 0.8
Grade 6 39 9,037 0.4
Grade 7 57 8,949 0.6
Grade 8 34 8,785 0.4
Grade 9 857 10,647 8.0
Grade 10 601 8,787 6.8
Grade 11 350 6,499 5.4
Grade 12 310 5,447 5.7
 
Total 3,251 129,524 2.5
 
Migratory Grade K 24 720 3.3
Grade 1 42 842 5.0
Grade 2 30 990 3.0
Grade 3 7 906 0.8
Grade 4 3 914 0.3
Grade 5 3 955 0.3
Grade 6 4 974 0.4
Grade 7 7 1,092 0.6
Grade 8 10 1,092 0.9
Grade 9 164 1,275 12.9
Grade 10 101 1,155 8.7
Grade 11 51 970 5.3
Grade 12 39 1,160 3.4
 
Total 485 13,045 3.7
 
Military-connected Grade K 150 12,065 1.2
Grade 1 189 13,261 1.4
Grade 2 97 14,793 0.7
Grade 3 65 14,993 0.4
Grade 4 48 15,325 0.3
Grade 5 36 15,087 0.2
Grade 6 21 15,495 0.1
Grade 7 38 15,691 0.2
Grade 8 29 15,606 0.2
Grade 9 636 16,878 3.8
Grade 10 434 16,415 2.6
Grade 11 255 15,513 1.6
Grade 12 437 15,813 2.8
 
Total 2,435 196,935 1.2
 
Overage Grade K 37 13,771 0.3
Grade 1 237 27,453 0.9
Grade 2 258 37,953 0.7
Grade 3 172 38,324 0.4
Grade 4 142 37,552 0.4
Grade 5 96 40,062 0.2
Grade 6 268 45,030 0.6
Grade 7 478 50,471 0.9
Grade 8 372 55,504 0.7
Grade 9 15,132 87,612 17.3
Grade 10 8,294 75,517 11.0
Grade 11 3,660 54,320 6.7
Grade 12 7,868 65,198 12.1
 
Total 37,014 628,767 5.9
 
Section 504 Grade K 152 5,907 2.6
Grade 1 340 9,965 3.4
Grade 2 221 15,752 1.4
Grade 3 176 23,526 0.7
Grade 4 118 32,144 0.4
Grade 5 92 37,098 0.2
Grade 6 147 40,230 0.4
Grade 7 239 43,024 0.6
Grade 8 204 44,904 0.5
Grade 9 3,934 50,069 7.9
Grade 10 2,454 47,155 5.2
Grade 11 1,370 43,312 3.2
Grade 12 685 42,772 1.6
 
Total 10,132 435,858 2.3
 
Special education Grade K 1,852 51,683 3.6
Grade 1 1,943 65,670 3.0
Grade 2 1,189 82,247 1.4
Grade 3 540 84,781 0.6
Grade 4 340 81,306 0.4
Grade 5 269 75,630 0.4
Grade 6 235 66,507 0.4
Grade 7 309 61,275 0.5
Grade 8 269 57,113 0.5
Grade 9 6,361 58,022 11.0
Grade 10 3,434 47,227 7.3
Grade 11 1,743 37,724 4.6
Grade 12 8,747 44,426 19.7
 
Total 27,231 813,611 3.3
 
Title I Grade K 4,544 280,957 1.6
Grade 1 7,264 297,511 2.4
Grade 2 4,363 309,141 1.4
Grade 3 2,174 305,267 0.7
Grade 4 1,310 301,920 0.4
Grade 5 925 296,230 0.3
Grade 6 1,020 265,203 0.4
Grade 7 1,427 257,452 0.6
Grade 8 1,182 261,623 0.5
Grade 9 21,695 219,250 9.9
Grade 10 12,768 199,254 6.4
Grade 11 6,992 176,667 4.0
Grade 12 6,441 181,647 3.5
 
Total 72,105 3,352,122 2.2
 

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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