academic ability "fall behind"

[Enbi]

Jane is not a very smart student. Her academic ability falls behind.

Do "academic ability" and "fall behind" collocate?

Thanks for your anwers in advance!

 

[Copyright]

Are these sentences you created, or from an outside source?

 

[Enbi]

I created them. I wanted to find an appropriate verb that goes with "academic ability" as of meaning "low academic ability" and am not sure if "fall behind" can be used together.

 

[Copyright]

I think "fall behind" normally refers to the students, not their academic abilities.

Jane is not very smart, so her academic performance is not as good as that of her peers.

 

[Enbi]

I see. Thanks for your reply!