Table 17a. Percentage of public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 who had ever repeated a grade, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

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Table 17a.

Percentage of public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 who had ever repeated a grade, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007

Race/ethnicity	Total		Male		Female
Total¹	11.5		13.9		8.9
White	8.7		11.2		6.1
Black	20.9		25.6		15.3
Hispanic	11.8		12.4		11.1
Asian	3.5	!	6.5	!	#
American Indian/Alaska Native	13.0	!	‡		‡
Two or more races	14.5		15.7		13.1
# Rounds to zero. ! Interpret data with caution. ‡ Reporting standards not met. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: All data are based on parent reports. Reporting standards for Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders were not met; therefore, data for this group are not shown on the table. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 2007.