1999-00 Public Retentions by Grade

State of Maine
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

1999-00 RETENTIONS BY GRADE
Public Schools

	Enrollment			Retentions			Percentage
Grade	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

Elementary Special Ed	1,034	453	1,487	11	3	14	1.06%	0.66%	0.94%
4-Year-Olds Programs	505	492	997	7	4	11	1.39%	0.81%	1.10%
Pre-K	77	27	104	1	0	1	1.30%	0.00%	0.96%
Kindergarten	7,440	6,834	14,274	279	128	407	3.75%	1.87%	2.85%
Transitional Grade 1	114	68	182	8	4	12	7.02%	5.88%	6.59%
Grade 1	7,855	7,259	15,114	195	128	323	2.48%	1.76%	2.14%
Grade 2	8,170	7,546	15,716	86	75	161	1.05%	0.99%	1.02%
Grade 3	8,073	7,877	15,950	48	37	85	0.59%	0.47%	0.53%
Grade 4	8,459	8,071	16,530	35	25	60	0.41%	0.31%	0.36%
Grade 5	8,562	8,133	16,695	31	7	38	0.36%	0.09%	0.23%
Grade 6	8,727	8,219	16,946	62	38	100	0.71%	0.46%	0.59%
Grade 7	8,707	8,296	17,003	105	53	158	1.21%	0.64%	0.93%
Grade 8	9,026	8,467	17,493	110	63	173	1.22%	0.74%	0.99%

TOTAL ELEMENTARY	76,749	71,742	148,491	978	565	1,543	1.27%	0.79%	1.04%

Grade 9	8,854	8,182	17,036	466	315	781	5.26%	3.85%	4.58%
Grade 10	7,929	7,636	15,565	306	191	497	3.86%	2.50%	3.19%
Grade 11	7,221	7,016	14,237	203	109	312	2.81%	1.55%	2.19%
Grade 12	6,500	6,522	13,022	104	52	156	1.60%	0.80%	1.20%
Secondary Special Ed	563	262	825	21	12	33	3.73%	4.58%	4.00%

TOTAL SECONDARY	31,067	29,618	60,685	1,100	679	1,779	3.54%	2.29%	2.93%

STATE TOTALS	107,816	101,360	209,176	2,078	1,244	3,322	1.93%	1.23%	1.59%


Enrollment as reported on the Fall School Statistical Report (EF-M-40).
Submitted as of October 1, 1999.

Expulsions as reported on the EF-M-35 Year End Report for School Systems/Selected
Private Schools as of June 30, 2000.