State of Maine
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
2000-01 RETENTIONS BY GRADE
Public Schools
	Enrollment			Retentions			Percentage
Grade	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Elementary Special Ed	897	398	1,295	6	2	8	0.67%	0.50%	0.62%
4-Year-Olds Programs	475	495	970	8	4	12	1.68%	0.81%	1.24%
Pre-K	52	40	92	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Kindergarten	7,134	6,635	13,769	271	137	408	3.80%	2.06%	2.96%
Transitional Grade 1	138	102	240	8	2	10	5.80%	1.96%	4.17%
Grade 1	7,357	6,963	14,320	212	123	335	2.88%	1.77%	2.34%
Grade 2	7,762	7,317	15,079	107	67	174	1.38%	0.92%	1.15%
Grade 3	8,181	7,573	15,754	44	36	80	0.54%	0.48%	0.51%
Grade 4	8,106	8,015	16,121	34	28	62	0.42%	0.35%	0.38%
Grade 5	8,475	8,161	16,636	47	25	72	0.55%	0.31%	0.43%
Grade 6	8,739	8,178	16,917	74	34	108	0.85%	0.42%	0.64%
Grade 7	8,925	8,344	17,269	167	88	255	1.87%	1.05%	1.48%
Grade 8	8,740	8,295	17,035	136	85	221	1.56%	1.02%	1.30%
TOTAL ELEMENTARY	74,981	70,516	145,497	1,114	631	1,745	1.49%	0.89%	1.20%
Grade 9	8,931	8,203	17,134	539	333	872	6.04%	4.06%	5.09%
Grade 10	8,265	7,577	15,842	372	207	579	4.50%	2.73%	3.65%
Grade 11	7,371	7,094	14,465	214	130	344	2.90%	1.83%	2.38%
Grade 12	6,724	6,617	13,341	119	45	164	1.77%	0.68%	1.23%
Secondary Special Ed	478	250	728	41	29	70	8.58%	11.60%	9.62%
TOTAL SECONDARY	31,769	29,741	61,510	1,285	744	2,029	4.04%	2.50%	3.30%
STATE TOTALS	106,750	100,257	207,007	2,399	1,375	3,774	2.25%	1.37%	1.82%
Enrollment as reported on the Fall School Statistical Report (EF-M-40).
Submitted as of October 1, 2000.
Expulsions as reported on the EF-M-35 Year End Report for School Systems/Selected
Private Schools as of June 30, 2001.