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title: "Retain - Change a Student's Grade Level"
slug: "change-grade-level"
updated: 2026-04-01T13:55:31Z
published: 2026-04-01T13:55:31Z
canonical: "support.classcomposer.com/change-grade-level"
---

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# Retain - Change a Student's Grade Level

To change a student’s grade level, or to retain a student, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the grade level Digital Data Wall and select the Hallway button to display the Hallway “class.” Toggle Add, Move, or Retain Students to On.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/504cfb1b-df75-4ac7-967c-673e3b5e4e24/Images/Documentation/image(80).png)
2. Drag and drop the student you want to move or retain into the [Hallway](/v1/docs/hallway)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/504cfb1b-df75-4ac7-967c-673e3b5e4e24/Images/Documentation/image(81).png)
3. Go to Students > Hallway.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/504cfb1b-df75-4ac7-967c-673e3b5e4e24/Images/Documentation/image(82).png)
4. Drag the student into the desired grade level Hallway. In this example Jim Minns is being retained from 2nd grade to 1st grade.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/504cfb1b-df75-4ac7-967c-673e3b5e4e24/Images/Documentation/image(83).png)
5. Navigate to the desired grade level Digital Data Wall. Move the student from the Hallway into a class.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/504cfb1b-df75-4ac7-967c-673e3b5e4e24/Images/Documentation/image(85).png)