2002-03 Public Retentions by Grade

State of Maine
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

2002-03 RETENTIONS BY GRADE
Public Schools

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

Elementary Special Ed	1,080	448	1,528	13	2	15	1.20%	0.45%	0.98%
4-Year-Olds Programs	706	707	1,413	21	10	31	2.97%	1.41%	2.19%
Pre-K	93	56	149	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Kindergarten	7,197	6,534	13,731	275	140	415	3.82%	2.14%	3.02%
Transitional Grade 1	64	39	103	2	2	4	3.13%	5.13%	3.88%
Grade 1	7,094	6,936	14,030	176	110	286	2.48%	1.59%	2.04%
Grade 2	7,182	6,938	14,120	95	59	154	1.32%	0.85%	1.09%
Grade 3	7,481	7,050	14,531	52	28	80	0.70%	0.40%	0.55%
Grade 4	7,773	7,421	15,194	46	25	71	0.59%	0.34%	0.47%
Grade 5	8,367	7,756	16,123	31	11	42	0.37%	0.14%	0.26%
Grade 6	8,305	8,107	16,412	49	28	77	0.59%	0.35%	0.47%
Grade 7	8,713	8,385	17,098	90	48	138	1.03%	0.57%	0.81%
Grade 8	8,771	8,360	17,131	115	53	168	1.31%	0.63%	0.98%

TOTAL ELEMENTARY	72,826	68,737	141,563	965	516	1,481	1.33%	0.75%	1.05%

Grade 9	8,849	8,180	17,029	425	280	705	4.80%	3.42%	4.14%
Grade 10	8,037	7,595	15,632	332	188	520	4.13%	2.48%	3.33%
Grade 11	7,832	7,382	15,214	189	137	326	2.41%	1.86%	2.14%
Grade 12	7,142	6,856	13,998	149	74	223	2.09%	1.08%	1.59%
Secondary Special Ed	643	259	902	75	15	90	11.66%	5.79%	9.98%

TOTAL SECONDARY	32,503	30,272	62,775	1,170	694	1,864	3.60%	2.29%	2.97%

STATE TOTALS	105,329	99,009	204,338	2,135	1,210	3,345	2.03%	1.22%	1.64%


Enrollment as reported on the Fall School Statistical Report (EF-M-40).
Submitted as of October 1, 2002.

Expulsions as reported on the EF-M-35 Year End Report for School Systems/Selected
Private Schools as of June 30, 2003.