Grade-Level Retention Reports

The Accountability Research Unit in the Division of Research and Analysis publishes annual reports on grade-level retention in Texas public schools. Data for the 2009-10 school year and earlier years are presented in a single annual report. The report presents data on grade-level retention by student characteristic and program participation as well as student retention and promotion data with data on performance of students on the reading and mathematics state assessments. For some years, a supplement to the report presents grade-level retention data at the district level.

Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, the format of the reports on grade-level retention changed. These same data are presented in two separate annual reports, which are published sequentially, as the data become available. The reports cover grade-level retention by student characteristic and program participation, and grade-level retention and promotion with data on performance of students on the reading and mathematics state assessments.

In 2019-20, the format of the report on grade-level retention rates was changed from a PDF report to an interactive data dashboard. Dashboards are best viewed using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Texas policy on student promotion and retention decisions has evolved over the past four decades. Documentation describing this history is available below.

Annual Grade-Level Retention Reports by Year

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2021-22 (November 2023), Data Dashboard

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2020-21 (July 2022), Data Dashboard

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2019-20 (September 2021), Data Dashboard

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2018-19 (2nd ed.) (August 2020; Update December 2020), PDF (1.1 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2017-18 (September 2019), PDF (1.1 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2016-17 (October 2018), PDF (1.3 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2015-16 (August 2017), PDF (1.4 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2014-15 (December 2016), PDF (1.2 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2013-14 (April 2016), PDF (2.2 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2012-13 (September 2014), PDF (1.2 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2011-12 (November 2013), PDF (1.4 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2010-11 (January 2013), PDF (1.4 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2009-10 (November 2011), PDF (1.7 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2008-09 (November 2010), PDF (1.6 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2007-08 (March 2010), PDF (1.5 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2006-07 (October 2008), PDF (2.3 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2005-06 (October 2007), PDF (3.1 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2004-05 (December 2006), PDF (3.0 MB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2003-04 (October 2005), PDF (808 KB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2002-03 (November 2004), PDF (772 KB)

Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2001-02 (March 2004), PDF (759 KB)

Grade-level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2000-01 (October 2002), PDF (931 KB)

Grade-level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 1999-00 (July 2002), PDF (1.1 MB)

Grade-level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 1998-99 (May 2001), PDF (1.5 MB)

1997-98 Report on Grade-level Retention of Texas Students (November 1999), PDF (498 KB)

The following reports are not available in PDF. For additional information please e-mail the Texas Education Agency Office of Publications or contact the office by phone at 512-463-9744.