Public Schools of North Carolina State Board of Education Department of Public Instruction Report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee Annual Study of Suspensions and Expulsions, 2006-2007 General Statute 115C-12(27) Date Due: Annual Report Report #56 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HOWARD N. LEE Chairman :: Raleigh SHIRLEY E. HARRIS Troy JOHN A. TATE III Charlotte JANE P. NORWOOD Vice Chair :: Charlotte MELISSA E. BARTLETT Raleigh PATRICIA N. WILLOUGHBY Raleigh KATHY A. TAFT Greenville ROBERT “TOM” SPEED Boone BEVERLY PERDUE Lieutenant Governor :: New Bern MICHELLE HOWARD-VITAL Wilmington WAYNE MCDEVITT Asheville RICHARD MOORE State Treasurer :: Kittrell EDGAR D. MURPHY Durham NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D., State Superintendent 301 N. Wilmington Street :: Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2825 In compliance with federal law, NC Public Schools administers all state-operated educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability, or gender, except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law. Inquiries or complaints regarding discrimination issues should be directed to: Dr. Elsie C. Leak, Associate Superintendent :: Office of Curriculum and School Reform Services 6307 Mail Service Center :: Raleigh, NC 27699-6307 :: Telephone 919-807-3761 :: Fax 919-807-3767 Visit us on the Web:: www.ncpublicschools.org Acknowledgements The study of suspensions and expulsions in 2006-07 was conducted by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Agency Operations and Information Management, with assistance from the Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services (CUACS) at North Carolina State University. We thank the CUACS staff member, Amy Powell-Moman, who collected and assembled the 2006-07 disciplinary data, provided technical assistance to LEAs, and compiled the verifications. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of school and LEA personnel who collected and provided the data for this report. Annual Study of Suspensions & Expulsions 2006-07 Table of Contents Summary and Key Findings...................................................................................................vii Introduction/Background ......................................................................................................... 1 Study Methodology.................................................................................................................. 5 Critical Issues........................................................................................................................... 5 Section 1.1: LEA Short-Term Suspensions ............................................................................ 7 Section 1.2: LEA Long-Term Suspensions .......................................................................... 20 Section 1.3: LEA Expulsions................................................................................................ 32 Section 2.1: Charter School Short-Term Suspensions.......................................................... 37 Section 2.2: Charter School Long-Term Suspensions .......................................................... 43 Section 2.3: Charter School Expulsions................................................................................ 48 Section 3.1: Alternative Learning Program Placements……………………………..……. 51 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions by Ethnicity and Gender, 2006-07 ...................................................................... 55 iii List of Tables Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity and Gender............................................................. 12 Short-Term Suspensions by Student EC Status, Other Categories..................................... 19 2006-07 Rates of Long-Term Suspension by Ethnicity, LTS per 100,000 …………….... 23 Number of Long-Term Suspensions, Other EC Categories ............................................... 28 Expulsions of Students Receiving Special Education Services.......................................... 36 Charter School Long-Term Suspensions, Other EC Categories......................................... 42 iv List of Figures Section 1.1 Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 7. Figure 8. Figure 9. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Gender ................................................................. 8 Short-Term Suspension Rates by Gender............................................................................ 9 Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity............................................................. 10 Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity....................................................................... 11 Male Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity ............................................................. 14 Female Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity.......................................................... 15 Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level ....................................................... 16 Short-Term Suspensions per Grade for Selected Grade Groupings.................................. 17 Short-Term Suspensions by Largest Categories of EC Status .......................................... 18 Section 1.2 Figure 10. Figure 11. Figure 12. Figure 13. Figure 14. Figure 15. Figure 16. Figure 17. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Gender.............................................................. 21 Long-Term Suspension Rates by Gender........................................................................ 22 Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity........................................................... 23 Male Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity............................................................ 24 Female Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity ........................................................ 25 Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level...................................................... 26 Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Special Education Status.................................. 27 Number of Students with Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Summing to More than 10 Days........................................................................................................... 29 Figure 18. Duration of Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Given to Students.................................. 30 Figure 19. Number of Students with Multiple Long-Term Suspensions.......................................... 31 Section 1.3 Figure 20. Figure 21. Figure 22. Figure 23. Figure 24. Number of Expulsions by Gender ................................................................................... 32 Number of Expulsions by Ethnicity ................................................................................ 33 Male Expulsion Rates by Ethnicity ................................................................................. 34 Female Expulsion Rates by Ethnicity.............................................................................. 34 Number of Expulsions by Grade Level ........................................................................... 35 v Section 2.1 Figure 25. Figure 26. Figure 27. Figure 28. Figure 29. Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Gender....................................................... 38 Charter School Short-Term Suspension Rates by Gender .............................................. 39 Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity.................................................... 40 Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level............................................... 41 Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by EC Status................................................... 42 Section 2.2 Figure 30. Figure 31. Figure 32. Figure 33. Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Gender ....................................................... 43 Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity .................................................... 44 Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level............................................... 45 Number of Charter School Students with Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Summing to More than 10 Days... ................................................................................... 46 Figure 34. Duration of Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Given to Charter School Students......... 47 Section 2.3 Figure 35. Charter School Expulsions by Gender ............................................................................ 48 Figure 36. Charter School Expulsions by Ethnicity.......................................................................... 49 Figure 37. Charter School Expulsions by Grade Level .................................................................... 50 Section 3.1 Figure 38. Figure 39. Figure 40. Figure 41. ALP Placements by Gender............................................................................................. 51 ALP Placements by Ethnicity.......................................................................................... 52 ALP Placements by Grade Level .................................................................................... 53 ALP Placements of Students Receiving Special Education Services ............................. 54 vi Summary and Key Findings Based on data reported by each school in the North Carolina LEAs, the number of out-ofschool short-term suspensions (1 to 10 days) given to students increased 2.1%--from an adjusted 2005-06 total of 301,693 to 308,010 in 2006-07. During this time the number of long-term suspensions (11 or more days) increased 2.7% from an adjusted 2005-06 total of 4,559 to 4,682. On average, one of ten North Carolina students receives an out-of-school short-term suspension each year. Many students receive only one suspension each year, but a number of students receive multiple short-term suspensions. Students who received short-term suspensions in 2006-07 averaged slightly less than two suspensions each. The average total duration of shortterm suspensions for students who received at least one suspension was 5.93 days. The average duration of a single short-term suspension was 3.03 days. In 2006-07, as in past years, male students, Black and American Indian students, ninth graders and students receiving special education services are among the groups that continue to be disproportionately represented among suspended students. The number of expulsions in the LEAs decreased from 95 in 2005-06 to 81 in 2006-07. After decreasing by 30% in 2005-06, short-term suspensions in charter schools increased 45.9% in 2006-07 to a total of 2,734. Long-term suspensions increased from 12 in 2005-06 to 54 in 2006-07 but expulsions decreased from 18 in 2005-06 to 12 in 2006-07. vii Introduction Background Legislative Charge The State Board of Education shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Commission on Improving the Academic Achievement of Minority and At-Risk Students on the numbers of students who have dropped out of school, been suspended, been expelled, or been placed in an alternative program. The data shall be reported in a disaggregated manner and be readily available to the public [G.S. 115C-12(27)]. The Annual Study of Suspensions and Expulsions was designed to address the requirements (other than those related to school dropouts) in the statute cited above. The data contained in this 2006-07 report were gathered from traditional and charter public schools as well as alternative schools/programs via the web-based Uniform System of Disciplinary Data Collection (USCDDC) and files created by third-party software in the specified USDDC data format. Data from NC WISE schools were initially entered in the NC WISE disciplinary module and later transferred into the USDDC. Legislation Related to the Education of Suspended and Expelled Students In the State v. Davis, --NC App.--, 485 2E 2d 329 (1997), it was ruled that “The primary goal of suspension and expulsion is the protection of the student body.” Session Law 1998-220 states that “The superintendent makes decisions concerning suspension or expulsion of students.” In Jackson, 84 NC App.167 167, 352 SE2d 449 (1987) it was ruled that “The public schools have no affirmative duty to provide an alternate educational program for suspended students, in the absence of a legislative mandate.” A recent addition to GS 115C-47 stops just short of such a mandate. Section (32a), which refers to appropriate services to students who drop out of school, now states that “Each local board of education shall establish at least one alternative learning program (ALP) and shall adopt guidelines for assigning students to alternative learning programs,…” including “…strategies for providing alternative learning programs, when feasible and appropriate, for students who are subject to long-term suspension or expulsion…Upon adoption of guidelines under this subdivision, local boards are encouraged to incorporate them in their safe school plans developed under GS 115C-105.47.” Thus, legislation has evolved from a more exclusive focus on the protection of the larger student body to include concern for the continued education of suspended and expelled students as appropriate. 1 Definitions of Suspension and Expulsion There is not a uniform, statewide Student Code of Conduct. Therefore, within legal limits, specific behaviors constituting misconduct and the definitions of those behaviors vary across Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and schools. Local school boards are responsible for translating school laws into policies for each LEA but there are no standards for the development of local discipline codes. Requirements for student conduct, along with consequences for breaking the rules, are described in policies and procedures and are communicated to students, parents and the public in each LEA’s local Student Code of Conduct. In all discipline cases, students identified to receive services in programs for Exceptional Children and other special status categories are entitled to all protections provided by those laws. The law does require that All schools must have plans, policies, and procedures for dealing with disorderly and disruptive students. All schools and school units must have effective measures for assisting students who are at risk of academic failure or of engaging in disruptive and disorderly behavior. (1997-443, s. 8.29(r)(1).) Short-Term Suspensions. Lesser offenses committed by students are often dealt with using short-term suspensions, which can last up to ten days. Principals usually make decisions about whether to suspend a student short-term, about the duration of that suspension and about whether the short-term suspension is to be served in or out of school. In-school suspensions are usually served in an in-school suspension classroom. When a school does not have an in-school suspension program or when offenses are more serious or chronic, they may be dealt with through short-term, out-of-school suspensions. In either case, a student may have multiple, short-term suspensions throughout the year such that the cumulative days suspended includes a significant portion of the student’s academic year. Time out of school almost always has a negative impact on achievement and progress. Without effective intervention, behavior problems that lead to an out-of-school suspension often get worse. Long-Term Suspensions. More serious offenses are usually dealt with using long-term suspensions as a consequence. Long-term suspensions last from eleven days up to the remainder of the school year. It is possible for a student to receive more than one long-term suspension during the year. When a student is suspended long-term, the student may not return to their regular program in their home school for the duration of the suspension. Districts may allow long-term suspended students to attend an alternative learning program (ALP) or alternative school during their long-term suspension or may assign them to alternative placements in lieu of suspensions. For reporting purposes, students are not considered suspended while attending an ALP or alternative school. Certain very serious offenses may result in the student not being allowed to enroll in any school or program for the remainder of the school year or being suspended for an entire calendar year (365-day suspension). Usually superintendents and/or local boards of education, upon recommendation of principals, make decisions on a case-by-case basis about long-term suspensions (including 365-day suspensions), the length of those suspensions and whether an ALP placement is provided. If the student is not admitted to an ALP, the student is out of school for the duration of the suspension, often unsupervised. The student may then become more atrisk of academic failure and may become involved in health-risk behaviors or delinquent behaviors. 2 Expulsion. When a student is expelled from school, the student cannot return to their home school or any other school within the LEA. As with long-term suspensions, the superintendent and/or the local board of education, upon the recommendation of the principal, make decisions about student expulsions on a case-by-case basis. An expulsion is usually reserved for cases where the student is at least 14 years of age and presents a clear threat of danger to self or others. The acts do not have to occur on school premises for the superintendent and/or school board to expel a student. The law allows school districts to permit some expelled students to enroll in ALPs to complete their education. Some districts allow expelled students to apply for readmission. Alternative Learning Programs Alternative learning programs (ALPs) operate with a range of missions and primary target populations. In addition to students who are enrolled because of academic, attendance and life problems (pregnancy, parenting, work), some ALPs also enroll students with mild, moderate or severe discipline problems, including suspended or expelled students, on a case-by-case basis. Some ALPs are programs within a regular school and some are actual schools. Usually, both alternative schools and alternative programs serve students from other regular schools in the school district. The State Board of Education, as required by GS 115C-12(24) amended by HB 168 of the 1999 Session of the General Assembly, adopted a definition of what constitutes an alternative school or program. Basic differences between an alternative school and an alternative program usually have to do with size, management and accountability. The following definition is described in SBE policy HSP-Q-001, in the broader policy having to do with school dropouts: Alternative Learning Programs - Alternative Learning Programs are defined as services for students at risk of truancy, academic failure, behavior problems, and/or dropping out of school. These services should be designed to better meet the needs of students who have not been successful in the regular public school setting. Alternative learning programs serve students at any level who: • • • • • • are suspended and/or expelled, are at risk of participation in juvenile crime, have dropped out and desire to return to school, have a history of truancy, are returning from juvenile justice settings or psychiatric hospitals, or have learning styles that are better served in an alternative setting. Alternative learning programs provide individualized programs outside of a standard classroom setting in a caring atmosphere in which students learn the skills necessary to redirect their lives. An alternative learning program must: • • provide the primary instruction for selected at-risk students, enroll students for a designated period of time, usually a minimum of one academic grading period, 3 • • offer course credit or grade-level promotion credit in core academic areas, and provide transition support to and from/between the school of origin and alternative learning program. Alternative learning programs may also: • • • • • address behavioral or emotional problems that interfere with adjustment to or benefiting from the regular education classroom, provide smaller classes and/or student/teacher ratios, provide instruction beyond regular school hours, provide flexible scheduling, and/or assist students in meeting graduation requirements other than course credits. Alternative learning programs for at-risk students typically serve students in an alternative school or alternative program within the regular school. An alternative school is one option for an alternative learning program. It serves at-risk students and has an organizational designation based on the NCDPI assignment of an official school code. An alternative school is different from a regular public school and provides choices of routes to completion of school. For the majority of students, the goal is to return to the regular public school. Alternative schools may vary from other schools in such areas as teaching methods, hours, curriculum, or sites and they are intended to meet particular learning needs. Availability of ALPs for Suspended and Expelled Students Suspended and expelled students in North Carolina are sometimes placed in ALPs on a case-by-case basis, based on processes and procedures developed by each of the 115 LEAs and the nearly 100 charter schools. Legislation requires that, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education (SBE), every district was to have an ALP by July 1, 2000. Currently, every LEA either has an ALP or has an agreement to utilize the ALP(s) of a neighboring LEA. Even so, there are still problems, such as the following: • The ALP that currently exists may not serve all age/grade levels resulting in a lack of service for suspended or expelled students at other grade levels. • The student enrollment of the ALP may be at its capacity. • The nature of the student’s offense may mean that ALP placement would jeopardize the safety of others enrolled in the ALP. • ALP staff may not have the skills to manage the student and meet the student’s needs. More information about alternative schools and the kinds of alternative learning programs aimed at addressing the needs of students is available on the NCDPI website: www.ncpublicschools.org/alp/. 4 Study Methodology Contents of this Report The first three sections of this report contain disaggregated data for suspensions and expulsions collected from all non-charter public schools in North Carolina. The next three sections of this report include similar data for charter schools. Disaggregated suspensions and expulsions data for the 2006-07 school year are displayed by LEA/charter school in the Appendix. In past years, data for Black and Multiracial students were combined in the Annual Report of Suspensions and Expulsions. With the growth in the state’s multiracial population, this reporting procedure became less desirable and more misleading, so starting with the 2004-05 data, numbers for multiracial students were listed separately. Cautions Regarding Interpretation of Data Prior to the 2006-07 reporting year, some schools and LEAs have considered a student placed in an ALP as being suspended, while others have not. For 2006-07, a uniform policy was set. Schools were to only report as suspension days those days a student was out of school serving a suspension. However, for 2005-06 and earlier years, schools and LEAs across the state did not report suspension days consistently for students suspended and attending ALPs. Critical Issues The Use of Data to Stereotype Students The data in this report indicate that certain subgroups of students are disproportionately represented in suspensions and expulsions. However, these data should not be used to label or stereotype any student. The fact remains that the majority of students of any age, gender or ethnicity will never commit an offense resulting in suspension or expulsion from school. Rather, these data should be used to examine disciplinary policies for equity, to target prevention efforts on vulnerable subgroups, to study ways to provide earlier intervention and to explore a broader array of services for disciplined students. Student Safety Versus the Rehabilitation of Offenders Each year, for a variety of reasons, thousands of students are suspended or expelled from North Carolina’s schools. Reasons range from truancy to disruptive behavior, chronic discipline problems, violence and criminal acts. Sometimes discipline problems are rooted in nonacademic problems or problems outside of school that impact learning such as family problems, substance abuse or domestic abuse. This may, in turn, result in negative academic performances and place those students at risk for crime and delinquency problems. Although removing a student from school may create a better learning environment for others whose education was being disrupted by that student’s actions, the removed student does 5 not typically benefit from removal, nor does simply removing the student from school address the cause of the student’s misbehavior. The more time students spend out of school, the more their academic progress will suffer. As students fall further behind, it becomes more likely that they will not catch up with their schoolwork, or worse, that they may never return to school. Alternative strategies to serve the academic and behavioral needs of suspended and expelled students are necessary to prevent at-risk students from becoming “repeat offenders” after they return to their home school and to ensure that their difficulties do not escalate to the point where more serious behavioral events occur or where students drop out of school altogether. Although suspensions and expulsions are legitimate and reasonable means to ensure a safe and orderly school climate, these actions should not be the end goal of student discipline. Significant remediation efforts need to take place to ensure that those students who are removed from school get the help they need to return to the regular school environment and be successful, both behaviorally and academically. In addition, it is important that high numbers of suspensions and expulsions in any one school or LEA not necessarily be viewed as indicative of an unsafe school environment. High numbers of suspensions and expulsions may, in fact, be a reflection of school environments where student misbehavior is not tolerated, where offenders are routinely identified and sanctioned and/or where schools are diligent about recording and reporting accurate data on disciplinary events. In essence, the disciplinary data in this report represent only the numbers of students who were caught. Students whose misbehavior goes undiscovered or unpunished or whose data do not get recorded for whatever reason are not included in these figures. Data that only measure negative events (and in this case, only those events for which school staff were able to identify a student perpetrator) also do not fully capture the range of factors that affect safety. Support systems and processes in place for students who misbehave, the extent to which students feel that school staff are concerned and vigilant about maintaining safety and the regularity with which disciplinary events are dealt with in a fair, consistent and timely manner are but a few of the positive indicators of safety that often go unmeasured, yet they are very important to cultivating a safe and orderly school environment. 6 Section 1.1: LEA Short-Term Suspensions Short-Term Suspensions This section reports data for students who were suspended for 10 days or less from the 115 LEAs across North Carolina (not including charter schools). The data here reflect shortterm suspensions that may include multiple suspensions per student. It should be noted that some students receive multiple short-term suspensions each year; therefore, these charts represent numbers of suspensions, not numbers of unique students. After the publication of the 2004-05 Annual Report of Suspensions and Expulsions, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) informed DPI that due to a communication problem they underreported the number of short-term suspensions by approximately 86%. 5,860 short-term suspensions were included in the 2004-05 report, but CMS later provided an updated file containing 43,308 short-term suspensions, including demographic information. The corrected 2004-05 data from CMS have been included in the analysis of short-term suspension trends in this section. As the 2005-06 report went to print, several LEAs provided modified counts of shortterm and long-term suspensions. These modified counts were included in the 2005-06 report in the LEA suspension totals, but were not included in the statewide trend data. The corrected statewide total of short-term suspensions for 2005-06 is 301,693, slightly less than the 302,303 originally reported. The corrections for 2005-06 have been included in the trend data in this report. In order to minimize future ad hoc data modifications and ensure data quality, a verification process for short-term suspensions, long-term suspensions and expulsions was implemented for the 2006-07 data. In the 115 LEAs there were 308,010 short-term suspensions reported in 2006-07, an increase of 2.1% from the modified total of 301,693 from the previous year. School days lost due to short-term suspensions increased 0.4%. The 308,010 short-term suspensions in 2006-07 were given to 157,406 different students (i.e., some students were suspended more than once), for an average of 1.96 short-term suspensions per suspended student. The average total duration of short-term suspensions for students who received at least one such suspension in 2006-07 was 5.93 days. The average duration of a single short-term suspension was 3.03 days, down 2.3% from the previous year. 7 Number of Short-Term Suspensions Short-Term Suspensions by Gender 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 - Female Male 2002-03 75,318 206,741 2003-04 84,115 227,331 2004-05 80,353 209,363 2005-06 84,390 215,908 2006-07 85,471 220,920 Note: The percentages indicate the proportion of each gender with short-term suspensions. Gender was not reported for 181 short-term suspensions in 2002-03, 36 in 2003-04, 36 in 2004-05, 1395 in 2005-06 and 1619 in 2006-07. Figure 1. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Gender. • Males received 220,920 short-term suspensions (ten days or less) in 2006-07. This represents a 2.3% increase from the previous year. However, this is still 2.8% fewer short-term suspensions than in the peak year of 2003-04. • Females received 85,471 short-term suspensions, an increase of 1.3% over the previous year. 8 Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled 4.0 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 2002-03 2.5 2003-04 2.0 2004-05 2005-06 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 2006-07 1.2 1.0 0.5 Female Male Figure 2. Short-Term Suspension Rates by Gender. • The rate of short-term suspensions for male students in 2006-07 was 2.5 times higher than for females. 9 Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity Number of Short-Term Suspensions Note: Beginning with the 2004-05 data, the ethnicity category “Black & Multiracial” was replaced by separate categories for Black and Multiracial students. To illustrate data trends, the “Black & Multiracial” category is shown here and elsewhere in this report in addition to the separate categories of ethnicity. 200,000 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 - White Black & Multi Rac. 99,246 164,170 American Indian Asian 2002-03 5,304 1,457 2003-04 5,819 1,637 103,095 185,741 2004-05 5,082 1,604 170,035 14,498 5,054 92,447 175,089 2005-06 6,572 1,409 172,920 16,392 6,269 95,985 179,189 2006-07 6,632 1,452 175,911 19,444 7,364 94,708 183,275 Black Hispanic Multi Racial 10,836 13,210 Note: Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for 1,227 short-term suspensions given in 2002-03, 1,980 in 200304, 1,032 in 2004-05, 2,015 in 2005-06 and 2,499 in 2006-07. Figure 3. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity. • Black students received the most short-term suspensions, 175,911. This number was 2,991 more than in 2005-06 and represents an increase of 1.7%. • White students received the second highest number of short-term suspensions, 94,708, a decrease of 1.3% from 2005-06. • Hispanic students received 19,444 short-term suspensions. The 18.6% increase from 2005-06 was the largest of any ethnic group. • American Indian students received 6,632 short-term suspensions, an increase of 0.9%. • Multiracial students received 7,364 short-term suspensions. The 17.5% increase from 2005-06 was the second largest of any ethnic group. • Asian students received 1,452 short-term suspensions, an increase of 3.1%. 10 Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White 2004-05 2.57 0.58 4.37 1.43 1.51 1.19 2005-06 3.30 0.49 4.39 1.41 1.63 1.23 2006-07 3.29 0.47 4.44 1.49 1.69 1.21 Figure 4. Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity. • As in previous years, Black students had the highest rate of short-term suspensions in 2006-07, followed by American Indian students. • Short-term suspension rates increased in 2005-06 for Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial students. • Hispanic students had the largest rate increase, 5.2%. • Short-term suspension rates decreased for American Indian, Asian and White students. • Asian students had the largest rate decrease, 3.9%. 11 Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity and Gender Ethnicity/Gender American Indian Female American Indian Male Asian Female Asian Male Black Female Black Male Hispanic Female Hispanic Male Multi Racial Female Multi Racial Male White Female White Male Black & Multi Racial Female Black & Multi Racial Male Total 2002-03 1,474 3,830 344 1,113 N/A N/A 2,589 8,242 N/A N/A 22,539 76,672 48,034 116,114 280,951 Number of Short-Term Suspensions 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 1,662 1,520 1,902 4,157 3,562 4,670 312 394 328 1,325 1,210 1,081 N/A 51,663 53,482 N/A 118,372 119,401 2,755 3,428 3,821 10,455 11,070 12,571 N/A 1,438 1,734 N/A 3,616 4,535 23,244 21,664 22,922 79,847 70,783 73,044 55,528 53,101 55,216 130,197 121,988 123,936 309,482 288,720 299,491 2006-07 2,015 4,617 296 1,156 53,735 122,176 4,731 14,713 2,084 5,280 22,369 72,338 55,819 127,456 305,510 Ethnicity/Gender American Indian Female American Indian Male Asian Female Asian Male Black Female Black Male Hispanic Female Hispanic Male Multi Racial Female Multi Racial Male White Female White Male Black & Multi Racial Female Black & Multi Racial Male 2002-03 1 1 <1 <1 N/A N/A 1 3 N/A N/A 8 27 17 41 Percent of Short-Term Suspensions 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 1 1 1 1 1 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 N/A 18 18 N/A 41 40 1 1 1 3 4 4 N/A <1 1 N/A 1 2 8 8 8 26 24 24 18 18 18 42 42 41 2006-07 1 2 <1 <1 18 40 2 5 1 2 7 24 18 42 Ethnicity/Gender American Indian Female American Indian Male Asian Female Asian Male Black Female Black Male Hispanic Female Hispanic Male Multi Racial Female Multi Racial Male White Female White Male Black & Multi Racial Female Black & Multi Racial Male Total 2002-03 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 3 3 N/A N/A 29 31 15 16 1,304,325 Percent of State Membership 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 14 14 N/A 15 14 3 4 4 3 4 4 N/A 1 1 N/A 1 1 28 28 28 30 30 29 15 15 16 16 16 16 1,325,707 1,347,177 1,376,167 2006-07 1 1 1 1 14 14 5 5 2 2 27 29 15 16 1,405,694 Table 1. Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity and Gender. 12 Table 1 displays the numbers of short-term suspensions in recent school years by ethnic/gender combinations, the percentage composition of each ethnic/gender group in the statewide school population and the proportion of short-term suspensions given to students in each ethnic/gender group. From the data we can see that some gender/ethnic groups received disproportionate numbers of short-term suspensions. For example, in both 2005-06 and 2006-07, Black males received 40% of all short-term suspensions, but they only represented 14% of the school population. For each of the last three years, the rate of short-term suspensions for black females, 18%, has been somewhat higher than their 14% representation in the school population. In both 2005-06 and 2006-07, White males received 24% of the short-term suspensions, a somewhat lower proportion than their 29% representation in the school population. White females received 7% of the short-term suspensions, a far lower proportion than their 27% representation in the school population. The following charts show short-term suspension rates for recent school years, by ethnicity, for males (Figure 5) and females (Figure 6). 13 Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled Male 7.0 6.0 5.0 2002-03 2003-04 4.0 2004-05 3.0 2005-06 2006-07 2.0 1.0 American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White Black Multi Racial Figure 5. Male Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity. • Among males, Black students had the highest rate of short-term suspensions in 2006-07, 6.10 suspensions per 10 students, up from 6.00 per 10 in 2005-06. • The rate for Hispanic males increased from 2.11 per 10 students in 2005-06 to 2.20 per 10 students in 2006-07. This 4.3% rate increase was the largest for any of the male groups. • The rate for Multiracial males increased from 2.38 per 10 students in 2005-06 to 2.45 per 10 in 2006-07. • After a substantial rate increase in 2005-06, the short-term suspension rate for American Indian males decreased 2.4% in 2006-07. This group went from a rate of 4.67 short-term suspensions per 10 students in 2005-06 to a rate of 4.56 per 10 in 2006-07. • The short-term suspension rates for White males and Asian males declined slightly from 2005-06 to 2006-07. • Among male students, Asians had the lowest rate of short-term suspensions. 14 Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled Female 7.0 6.0 5.0 2002-03 2003-04 4.0 2004-05 3.0 2005-06 2006-07 2.0 1.0 American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White Black Multi Racial Figure 6. Female Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity. • Black females received 2.75 short-term suspensions per 10 students in 2006-07. This was the highest rate of short-term suspensions among the female ethnic groups. • Short-term suspension rates increased for American Indian females, Hispanic females, and Multiracial females. • Hispanic females had the largest percentage increase in rate, 9.6%. • Short-term suspension rates for Asian females, Black females, and White females declined. • Among females, Asian students had the lowest rate, 0.19 short-term suspensions per 10 students and the largest percentage decrease in rate, 15.0%. 15 Short-Term Suspensions by Grade PK-K 1st 2nd 3rd Grade Level 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 0 10,000 12th 11th 20,000 10th 9th 30,000 8th 40,000 7th 6th 50,000 5th 4th 60,000 3rd 2nd 70,000 1st 80,000 PK-K 2002-03 10,976 18,445 29,401 58,335 39,405 41,762 35,557 16,698 10,791 7,864 4,757 4,032 4,090 2003-04 13,007 20,597 33,077 68,148 44,436 45,072 37,910 15,303 11,850 7,665 5,232 4,605 4,479 2004-05 12,920 20,459 32,237 65,223 41,249 41,655 31,685 14,087 10,117 6,446 4,833 4,212 3,346 2005-06 12,553 21,249 33,978 68,604 44,163 41,543 34,742 12,566 9,353 6,419 4,862 4,234 3,530 2006-07 13,762 22,605 34,614 71,494 42,474 41,085 30,444 14,921 10,563 8,110 5,871 5,232 3,763 Note: Grade level was not reported for 127 short-term suspensions given in 2002-03, 101 in 2003-04, 1,283 in 2004-05, 3,766 in 2005-06 and 3,072 in 2006-07. Figure 7. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level. • As in previous years, ninth graders in the LEAs received by far the largest number of short-term suspensions. 16 Distinct patterns of short-term suspensions in clusters of grade levels can be observed in Figure 7. There are far fewer suspensions of high school students other than ninth graders. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 receive fewer short-term suspensions than ninth graders, but far more than the younger elementary school students. These patterns are examined in Figure 8. Short-term suspensions per grade are shown over time for the selected clusters of grade levels. Note that these comparisons are intended to illustrate general trends and do not reflect exact differences in suspension rates, since different grades contain different numbers of students. Grade Levels 10th - 12th 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 9th 2005-06 2006-07 6th - 8th PK - 5th 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 Avg. # of Short-Term Suspensions Note: Due to the relatively small number of preschool children in the state, for the purpose of this analysis, the Pre-K to Grade 5 group was considered to be six grades. Figure 8. Short-Term Suspensions per Grade for Selected Grade Groupings. • The ninth grade short-term suspension totals in the chart reveal a definite upward trend over the last five years. The total of 71,494 short-term suspensions received by ninth graders in 2006-07 is 22.6% higher than the 58,335 received in 2002-03. • Older high school students received far fewer short-term suspensions than both ninth graders and students in grades 6-8. • Students in grades 6-8 received fewer suspensions in 2006-07 than in each of the preceding four years. 17 Short-Term Suspensions by Special Education or Exceptional Child (EC) Status Special Education Status Other Health Impaired Speech/Language Impaired 2002-03 2003-04 Specific Learning Disabled 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Educable Mentally Disabled BehaviorallyEmotionally Disabled 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 Note: The submission from CMS for 2004-05 (N=43,572) did not include any information on EC status. Figure 9. Short-Term Suspensions by Largest Categories of EC Status. • Exceptional children received 67,054, or 21.8% of the 308,010 short-term suspensions in the LEAs in 2006-07. • In 2006-07, among exceptional children in the LEAs, the category containing students with specific learning disabilities received the largest number of short-term suspensions (21,090), followed by the categories of behaviorally-emotionally disabled (14,711), other health impaired (13,503), and educable mentally disabled (11,206). • In 2005-06, EC students received 21.6% of all short-term suspensions in the LEAs. The percentage of short-term suspensions received by exceptional children is disproportionate to their 13.8% representation in the LEA school population. • The following EC categories did not receive disproportionately high numbers of shortterm suspensions: developmentally delayed, autistic, hearing impaired, visually impaired, trainable mentally disabled, orthopedically impaired, and multiply disabled. 18 Other Categories: Autistic Deaf-Blind Hearing Impaired Visually Impaired Trainable Mentally Disabled Orthopedically Impaired Traumatic Brain Injured Multiply Disabled Developmentally Delayed 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 361 528 475 632 774 20 27 14 16 12 417 385 301 318 332 100 131 51 94 85 436 461 323 405 434 81 84 50 111 74 161 151 99 110 173 176 173 148 172 140 608 802 889 973 1,170 Table 2. Short-Term Suspensions by Student EC Status, Other Categories. 19 Section 1.2: LEA Long-Term Suspensions This section reports data for students who were suspended for 11 or more days. It should be noted that some students receive multiple long-term suspensions during any given year; therefore, these charts represent numbers of suspensions, not unique students. In 2006-07 there were 4,682 long-term suspensions reported in LEA schools. This is a 2.7% increase from the adjusted total of 4,559 long-term suspensions reported in 2005-06 (as explained below). As mentioned in Section 1.1, several LEAs provided modified counts of short-term and long-term suspensions after the 2005-06 went to print. The modifications resulted in a total of 4,559 suspensions, 15.4% more than the 3,949 originally reported. These modifications are reflected in the charts in this section. The 4,682 long-term suspensions in 2006-07 were given to 4,478 different students (i.e., a number of students were long-term suspended more than once). Long-term suspensions in 2006-07 totaled 251,146 school days or an average of 54 school days per suspension, considerably less than in recent years. The average length was 78 days in 2005-06; it was 76 days in 2004-05. For 2006-07, guidance was provided for schools to report only the time students were not in school and not to include any time spent in alternative programs. Therefore, it is not known how much of the reduction is due to actual decreases in suspension lengths and how much is due to possible changes in reporting procedures. Because of missing demographic data, a substantial number of long-term suspensions are missing in the following charts for the 2004-05 school year. Therefore caution should be exercised when referencing the 2004-05 long-term suspension data. 20 Number of Long-Term Suspensions Long-Term Suspensions by Gender 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 - Female Male 2002-03 1,025 2,949 2003-04 962 3,060 2004-05 892 2,487 2005-06 1,046 3,507 2006-07 1,053 3,535 Note: Gender was not recorded for two long-term suspensions in 2003-04, 637 in 2004-05, six in 2005-06 and 94 in 2006-07. Figure 10. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Gender. • As in previous years, the majority of long-term suspensions in 2006-07 were given to male students. There were 3.35 long-term suspensions given to males for each one given to females. • From 2005-06 to 2006-07 there were slight increases in the number of long-term suspensions received by males and females. • Comparisons to the 2004-05 counts shown here are unreliable, as gender is unknown for 637 long-term suspensions. However, using a 3:1 ratio to assign the unknown suspensions, the male total would increase from 2,487 to 2,965 and the female total would increase from 892 to 1,051. • From 2004-05 to 2005-06, there appears to have been a large increase (approximately 18%) in the number of long-term suspensions received by males. 21 Number of Suspensions per 100,000 Enrolled 600 500 400 300 200 100 - Female Male 2002-03 161 442 2003-04 149 451 2004-05 136 360 2005-06 155 500 2006-07 153 493 Figure 11. Long-Term Suspension Rates by Gender. • The rate of long-term suspensions for both males and females declined slightly in 200607 in comparison to 2005-06. Both the rate for males and the rate for females declined 1.4%. • In both 2005-06 and 2006-07, the male rate was 3.2 times higher than the female rate. • Using 3:1 as the ratio for the missing gender information in 2004-05, the male rate would increase from 360 to 429 long-term suspensions per 100,000 students. The female rate would increase from 136 to 160 long-term suspensions per 100,000 students. 22 Number of Long-Term Suspensions Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 American Indian Asian 2002-03 62 34 2003-04 102 33 2004-05 40 27 2037 223 2005-06 65 30 2791 2006-07 68 18 2619 Black White Black & Multi Rac. 192 1247 2434 193 1230 2461 67 920 2104 292 124 1247 2915 285 104 1466 2723 Hispanic Multi Racial Note: Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for 7 students 2003-04, for 646 students in 2004-05, for 10 students in 2005-06 and for 122 students in 2006-07. Figure 12. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity. • Black students received the most long-term suspensions in 2006-07, 2,619. This was a 6.2% decrease from the previous year. • White students received the second highest number of long-term suspensions in 2006-07, 1,466. This was an increase of 17.6% from 2005-06. Year 2005-06 2006-07 Black 709 661 American Indian 327 338 Multi Racial Hispanic 323 252 238 218 White 160 187 Asian 103 58 Table 3. Rates of Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity, LTS per 100,000. • Black students had the highest rate of long-term suspensions in 2006-07, 661 LTS per 100,000 students. This rate was a decrease of 6.8% from the previous year. 23 Long-term Suspensions per 100,000 Students Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity and Gender Male 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 - American Indian Asian 2002-03 481 181 2003-04 796 212 2004-05 259 185 762 332 269 177 724 2005-06 470 158 1,075 410 471 240 1,022 2006-07 474 89 997 364 333 283 932 Black White Black Multi Racial 385 242 851 327 242 870 Hispanic Multi Racial Figure 13. Male Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity. • Among males, Black students had the highest rate of long-term suspensions in 2005-06, 997 LTS per 100,000 students, followed by American Indian students (474 LTS per 100,000) and Hispanic students (364 LTS per 100,000). • The rate of long-term suspensions decreased from 2005-06 to 2006-07 for male students of Asian, Black, Hispanic and Multiracial ethnicity. Among males, Asian students had the largest rate decrease for this period, 43.7%. • The rate of long-term suspensions increased from 2005-06 to 2006-07 for male students of American Indian and White ethnicity. Among males, White students had the largest rate increase for this period, 17.9%. 24 Long-term Suspensions per 100,000 Students Female 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 - American Indian Asian 2002-03 161 81 2003-04 242 31 2004-05 144 7 294 102 2005-06 182 48 335 2006-07 200 26 318 Black White Black Multi Racial 101 75 337 101 70 304 131 62 281 85 176 75 321 64 145 86 301 Hispanic Multi Racial Figure 14. Female Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity. • Among females, Black students had the highest rate of long-term suspensions in 2006-07, 318 LTS per 100,000 students, followed by American Indian students (200 LTS per 100,000) and Multiracial students (145 LTS per 100,000). • The rate of long-term suspensions decreased from 2005-06 to 2006-07 for female students of Asian, Black, Hispanic and Multiracial ethnicity. Asian females had the largest rate decrease, 45.8%. • The rate of long-term suspensions increased for female students of American Indian and White ethnicity. White females had the largest rate increase, 14.7%. 25 Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level PK-5th Long-term Suspensions by Grade Level 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th PK-5th 2002-03 141 272 511 1153 793 618 384 102 2003-04 235 370 601 1278 680 506 304 50 2004-05 190 286 440 1075 622 482 213 41 2005-06 223 410 674 1500 845 557 295 47 2006-07 239 450 660 1590 739 521 273 114 Note: Grade level was not provided for 667 long-term suspensions in 2004-05, eight in 2005-06 and 96 in 2006-07. Figure 15. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level. • As was the case with short-term suspensions, far more long-term suspensions were given to 9th graders than to students at any other grade level. 26 Long-Term Suspensions for Students Receiving Special Education Services Number of Long-term Suspensions Special Education Status Other Health Impaired Speech/Language Impaired Specific Learning Disabled Educable Mentally Disabled BehaviorallyEmotionally Disabled 0 50 B ehavio rallyEmo tio nally Disabled 100 150 Educable M entally Disabled Specific Learning Disabled 200 Speech/Language Impaired 250 Other Health Impaired 2002-03 135 71 212 11 111 2003-04 138 77 174 12 137 2004-05 134 59 132 8 149 2005-06 179 66 192 13 164 2006-07 161 95 197 23 155 Note: Special education status was not recorded for 21 long-term suspensions in 2003-04, 635 in 2004-05, 32 in 2005-06 and 92 in 2006-07. Figure 16. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Special Education Status. • Special education students received 644 long-term suspensions in 2006-07, 13.8% of the total long-term suspensions in the LEAs. • Unlike the case with short-term suspensions, special education students did not receive a disproportionate number of long-term suspensions. • In 2006-07, special education students received 2.1% more long-term suspensions than in 2005-06. 27 Other Categories: Autistic Deaf-Blind Hearing Impaired Visually Impaired Trainable Mentally Disabled Orthopedically Impaired Traumatic Brain Injured Multiply Disabled Developmentally Delayed 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 2 1 6 3 6 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 Table 4. Number of Long-Term Suspensions, Other EC Categories. 28 Multiple Suspensions This section reports data for students who were suspended on multiple occasions during the year. Data are shown separately for students receiving multiple short-term suspensions (multiple suspensions of less than 11 days each) and for students receiving multiple long-term suspensions (multiple suspensions of 11 days or more each). Multiple Short-Term Suspensions 24,000 Number of Students 23,000 22,000 21,000 20,000 19,000 18,000 N 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 20,057 23,460 21,235 23,384 22,955 Figure 17. Number of Students with Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Summing to More than 10 Days. • The number of students whose combined lengths of multiple short-term suspensions exceeded ten days decreased 1.8% from 2005-06 to 2006-07. 29 Multiple Short-Term Suspensions 25,000 Students 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 - 2 to 5 days 6 to 10 days 11 to 20 days 21 to 40 days 41 or more days 2002-03 21,305 19,048 14,815 4,709 533 2003-04 22,502 20,050 16,897 5,778 785 2004-05 22,035 18,866 15,772 4,922 541 2005-06 20,842 19,286 17,281 5,501 602 2006-07 21,200 22,098 17,225 5,276 454 Figure 18. Duration of Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Given to Students. • In 2006-07 the number of students whose short-term suspensions summed to 41 or more days decreased 24.6% from 2005-06. The number of students whose short-term suspensions summed to between 21 and 40 days decreased 4.1% and the number whose short-term suspensions summed to between 11 and 20 days decreased 0.3%. • In 2006-07 the number of students whose short-term suspensions summed to between 6 and 10 days increased 14.6% from 2005-06. The number of students whose short-term suspensions summed to between 2 and 5 days increased 1.7%. 30 Multiple Long-Term Suspensions 160 140 Number of Students 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 N 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 118 109 53 91 143 Figure 19. Number of Students with Multiple Long-Term Suspensions. • The number of students receiving multiple long-term suspensions in the LEAs increased 57.1% from 2005-06 to 2006-07. 31 Section 1.3: LEA Expulsions This section reports data for students who were expelled from school during the 2006-07 school year. Students who are expelled from school in a school district are not allowed to return to the district, although some are subsequently served in alternative learning programs, some are allowed to apply for readmission in the district and some apply for admission in other districts. In the LEAs, there were 81 expulsions in 2006-07, 14 fewer than in 2005-06. Expulsions by Gender 300 Number of Expulsions 250 200 150 100 50 - Female Male 2002-03 98 255 2003-04 48 157 2004-05 5 63 2005-06 17 78 2006-07 12 69 Figure 20. Number of Expulsions by Gender. • As in previous years, males received far more expulsions than did females. 32 • Expulsions by Ethnicity Number of Expulsions 250 200 150 100 50 0 American Indian Asian 2002-03 2 3 2003-04 0 1 2004-05 0 0 46 4 2005-06 0 0 64 2006-07 0 1 57 Black White Black & Multi Rac. 33 87 226 11 81 111 1 15 47 6 1 24 65 4 1 18 58 Hispanic Multi Racial Note: Ethnicity was recorded as “Other” for one expulsion in 2001-02, one in 2003-04 and two in 2004-05. Figure 21. Number of Expulsions by Ethnicity. • Among ethnic groups, Black students received the most expulsions, followed by White students. • Figures 22 and 23 below, show the rate of expulsions for males and females of each ethnic group. 33 Number of Expulsions per 100,000 Enrolled Expulsions by Ethnicity and Gender Male 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Black Hispanic Multi Racial White Black Multi Racial 16 75 17 37 American Indian Asian 2002-03 20 23 2003-04 0 0 2004-05 0 0 21 8 6 4 20 2005-06 0 0 53 5 1 19 25 2006-07 0 1 48 3 1 16 22 White Black Multi Racial 75 22 Number of Expulsions per 100,000 Enrolled Figure 22. Male Expulsion Rates by Ethnicity. Female 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 American Indian Asian 2002-03 0 0 8 6 36 2003-04 0 8 2 4 16 2004-05 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2005-06 0 0 11 1 0 5 5 2006-07 0 0 9 1 0 2 4 Black Hispanic Multi Racial Figure 23. Female Expulsion Rates by Ethnicity. 34 Expulsions by Grade Level PK-5th 6th Grade Level 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 160 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th PK-5th 2002-03 25 30 83 151 29 20 10 5 2003-04 22 30 48 79 14 9 3 0 2004-05 5 13 8 33 2 2 3 0 2005-06 14 14 17 35 7 4 0 3 2006-07 9 19 18 23 8 3 1 0 Figure 24. Number of Expulsions by Grade Level. • 140 As in previous years, ninth graders received the most expulsions. 35 Expulsions for Students Receiving Special Education Services Special Education Status Trainable Mentally Disabled Developmentally Delayed Academically Gifted Other Health Impaired Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled Educable Mentally Disabled Specific Learning Disabled Total 2002-03 1 0 0 2 5 7 13 28 2003-04 0 0 0 4 3 3 15 25 2004-05 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 8 2005-06 0 1 1 4 4 4 7 21 2006-07 0 0 0 2 2 1 6 11 Table 5. Expulsions of Students Receiving Special Education Services. • In 2006-07, as in previous years, students with Specific Learning Disabilities were the EC students most frequently expelled. • 13.5% of all students expelled were EC students (11 of 81). 36 Section 2.1: Charter School Short-Term Suspensions Sections 2.1 through 2.3 of this report present charter school data in tables and charts similar to those presented in previous sections for the LEAs. However, because the numbers are quite small, caution should be used in making broad generalizations about charter schools based on these data. With small numbers, small changes in the numbers from one year to the next can create large percentage changes. Because the numbers of charter school suspensions and expulsions are relatively small, some graphs and tables depicted for LEAs in previous sections are not reproduced for charter schools. Specifically, some data regarding multiple long-term suspensions and rates of longterm suspensions and expulsions are not included due to small counts. In 2005-06 the number of charter school short-term suspensions decreased by 30% to the lowest total (1,874) since the 2002-03 school year. In 2006-07, short-term suspensions increased 45.9% to a total of 2,734. 37 Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Gender Number of Short-Term Suspensions 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 - Female Male 2002-03 391 1,192 2003-04 643 1,696 2004-05 808 1,870 2005-06 539 1,335 2006-07 753 1,955 Note: No gender information was recorded for 26 short-term suspensions in 2006-07. Figure 25. Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Gender. • In 2006-07, as in previous years, males in charter schools were short-term suspended much more frequently than females. Males received 2.6 times as many suspensions as females. • After a large reduction in 2005-06, short-term suspensions received by males in charter schools increased by 46.4% in 2006-07. • Short-term suspensions received by females increased by 39.7%. 38 1.6 Suspensions per 10 Students 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Female Male 2002-03 0.4 1.1 2003-04 0.6 1.5 2004-05 0.6 1.5 2005-06 0.4 1.0 2006-07 0.5 1.4 Figure 26. Charter School Short-Term Suspension Rates by Gender. • The rate of short-term suspensions for charter school males increased by approximately 40% in 2006-07. • The rate for females increased by approximately 25%. • The rates of short-term suspensions for both males and females in charter schools are less than half the corresponding rates for students in the LEAs. 39 • Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity 2,000 Number of Short-Term Suspensions 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 - American Indian Asian 2002-03 17 2 2003-04 38 6 2004-05 39 24 1,713 69 2005-06 42 9 1,126 34 2006-07 60 6 1,802 68 Black White Black & Multi Rac. 9 504 1,050 50 860 1,384 42 790 1,755 30 633 1,156 29 745 1,831 Hispanic Multi Racial Note: Ethnicity was not recorded or was recorded as “Other” for one short-term suspension in 2002-03, one in 2003-04, one in 2004-05, 11 in 2005-06 and 24 in 2006-07. Figure 27. Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity. • Black students in charter schools received the most short-term suspensions. The 1,802 suspensions received in 2006-07 were 60.0% higher than in 2005-06 and 5.2% higher than in 2004-05. • Short-term suspensions received by White students increased 17.7%. 40 Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level PreK - K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade Level Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 0 100 200 300 400 500 Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade PreK 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 K 2002-03 49 103 160 285 177 221 138 123 86 57 68 80 35 2003-04 75 110 187 224 401 463 371 141 128 79 53 60 47 2004-05 82 104 171 279 334 461 393 184 156 141 150 112 110 2005-06 43 68 97 116 189 211 247 106 72 66 53 44 88 2006-07 118 127 244 193 294 454 381 196 165 125 163 131 75 Note: Grade level was not reported for 1 short-term suspension given in 2003-04, 474 in 2005-06 and 68 in 2006-07. Figure 28. Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level. • In 2006-07 the greatest number of short-term suspensions occurred in grade 7, followed by grades 6, 8, 10, 5 and 9, in that order. 41 Charter School Short-Term Suspensions for EC Students Special Education Status Educable Mentally Disabled Speech/Language Impaired BehavioriallyEmotionally Disabled Other Health Impaired Specific Learning Disabled 0 50 Specific Learning Disabled 100 Other Health Impaired 150 B ehavio riallyEmo tio nally Disabled 200 Speech/Language Impaired 250 Educable M entally Disabled 2002-03 105 50 98 23 24 2003-04 169 110 43 40 42 2004-05 215 96 60 47 67 2005-06 132 75 38 20 13 2006-07 152 116 60 54 35 Figure 29. Charter School Short-Term Suspensions by EC Status. Other Categories Academically Gifted Developmentally Delayed Autistic Hearing Impaired Deaf-Blind Trainable M entally Disabled Traumatic Brain Injured Visually Impaired 2006-07 10 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 2005-06 14 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 2004-05 0 8 6 1 0 5 2 1 2003-04 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 2002-03 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 Table 6. Charter School Long-Term Suspensions, Other EC Categories. 42 Section 2.2: Charter School Long-Term Suspensions Charter school students received 54 long-term suspensions in 2006-07 totaling 2,413 school days, or an average of 45 school days per suspension. This was a significant increase from 2005-06, when only 12 long-term suspensions were reported. Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Gender Number of Long-Term Suspensions 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 - Female Male 2002-03 1 12 2003-04 9 33 2004-05 12 29 2005-06 9 3 2006-07 16 36 Figure 30. Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Gender. • Both males and females received more long-term suspensions in 2006-07 than in any of the last five years. . 43 Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity 40 Number of Long-Term Suspensions 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 - American Indian Asian 2002-03 2 - 2003-04 1 - 2004-05 1 - 31 1 2005-06 - - 9 - 2006-07 2 - 27 2 Black White Black & Multi Rac. - 5 6 - 5 36 - 8 31 - 3 9 1 20 28 Hispanic Multi Racial Figure 31. Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity. • In each of the last three years, Black students received the most long-term suspensions in charter schools, followed by White students. 44 Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level PreK-5 Grade 6 Grade Level Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 PreK-5 2002-03 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 3 2003-04 3 3 14 14 3 1 0 4 2004-05 4 5 11 9 4 5 0 3 2005-06 0 0 3 7 1 1 0 0 2006-07 2 4 5 14 7 5 12 3 Figure 32. Charter School Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level. • Students in the 9th grade received the most long-term suspensions in charter schools, followed by students in grade 6. 45 Multiple Suspensions This section reports data for charter school students who were suspended on multiple occasions during the same school year. Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Multiple Short-Term Suspensions 120 Number of Students 100 80 60 40 20 0 Multiple STS 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 52 104 76 49 102 Figure 33. Number of Charter School Students with Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Summing to More than 10 Days. • 102 school students were short-term suspended multiple times totaling more than 10 days in 2006-07. 46 Multiple Short-Term Suspensions 350 Number of Students 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 40 41 or more 2002-03 171 103 45 7 0 2003-04 235 147 92 12 0 2004-05 305 188 66 10 0 2005-06 190 97 44 5 0 2006-07 228 190 80 19 3 Number of Days Figure 34. Duration of Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Given to Charter School Students. • In 2006-07 there was a significant increase in the total durations of multiple short-term charter school suspensions. Multiple Long-Term Suspensions • Only one charter school student with multiple long-term suspensions was reported in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07. 47 Section 2.3: Charter School Expulsions Twelve students were expelled from charter schools in 2006-07, down from eighteen in 2005-06. Charter School Expulsions by Gender 25 Number of Expulsions 20 15 10 5 0 Female Male 2002-03 6 22 2003-04 3 11 2004-05 1 1 2005-06 1 17 2006-07 1 11 Figure 35. Charter School Expulsions by Gender. • All but one of the 12 students expelled from charter schools in 2006-07 were male. 48 Charter School Expulsions by Ethnicity 20 18 Number of Expulsions 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 American Indian Asian 2002-03 2 0 2003-04 1 0 2004-05 0 0 0 0 0 2005-06 0 1 15 0 0 2 15 2006-07 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 Black Hispanic Multi Racial White Black & Multi Rac. 5 18 3 10 2 0 3 0 Figure 36. Charter School Expulsions by Ethnicity. • Of the twelve students expelled in 2006-07, six were Black and six were White. 49 Charter School Expulsions by Grade Level PreK-5 Grade 6 Grade Level Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 PreK-5 2002-03 4 1 5 7 1 2 1 7 2003-04 1 0 3 6 3 0 0 1 2004-05 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2005-06 3 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 2006-07 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 Figure 37. Charter School Expulsions by Grade Level. 50 Section 3.1: Alternative Learning Program Placements Alternative schools and programs (ALPs) reported 16,476 student placements in 2006-07, an increase of 4.7% from 2005-06. There were 15,444 individual students placed in ALPs over the course of the 2006-07 school year. ALP Student Placements by Gender 14,000 Student Placements 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 - 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Female 4,599 6,043 5,316 5,202 5,439 Male 9,372 11,990 11,239 10,703 11,810 503 571 1 Missing Figure 38. ALP Placements by Gender. • Over the last five years males were placed in alternative learning programs at approximately twice the rate of females. • Based on available data, male ALP placements increased 10.3% in 2006-07; female placements increased 4.6%. However, these increases are somewhat overstated due to missing gender information for 2005-06. 51 ALP Student Placements by Ethnicity 10,000 Student Placements 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing 2002-03 6,790 6,315 866 2003-04 9,321 7,428 1,249 2004-05 186 98 8,784 664 262 6,519 545 2005-06 218 73 9,067 850 449 5,673 146 2006-07 234 87 9,059 945 424 6,474 27 Figure 39. ALP Placements by Ethnicity. • Over the last five years, Black students have been placed in ALP programs most frequently, followed by White students. • In 2006-07, the number of placements of Black students into ALP programs slightly decreased from 2005-06, while the number of placements of White students increased 14.1%. 52 ALP Student Placements by Grade 6,000 Student Placements 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - PreK-5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Missing 2002-03 227 1,288 2,022 2,416 3,670 1,784 1,104 1,159 301 2003-04 414 1,227 2,231 2,939 5,053 2,494 1,947 1,701 27 2004-05 251 880 1,697 2,226 4,190 2,288 1,378 1,218 2,930 2005-06 376 1,023 1,703 2,582 5,175 2,419 1,446 1,153 599 2006-07 441 1,170 2,120 2,701 5,245 2,522 1,682 1,339 30 Figure 40. ALP Placements by Grade Level. • For the last five years, ninth graders were the students most frequently placed in ALP programs. 53 ALP Placements for Students Receiving Special Education Services 4,000 Student Placements 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 Specific Learning BehaviorallyEducable Mentally Disabled Emotionally Disabled Disabled Other Categories Missing 2002-03 1,076 894 377 1,048 - 2003-04 1,431 1,016 509 649 - 2004-05 1133 968 471 644 3737 2005-06 1039 921 451 783 1117 2006-07 1331 1090 378 934 7 Note: Large numbers of ALP placements in 2004-05 and 2005-06 had unknown EC status; however, it is likely the vast majority of these were not EC students. Figure 41. ALP Placements of Students Receiving Special Education Services. • Assuming that 14% (the statewide proportion of students receiving special education services) of the ALP placements with missing EC status were EC students, there were 3,350 placements in 2005-06. The number of placements of EC students in 2006-07 was 3,733, an increase of 11.4%. • Placements of students with specific learning disabilities increased 28.1%. 54 Appendix LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions by Ethnicity and Gender 2006-07 55 56 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Alamance-Burlington Schools (010 ) Alexander County Schools (020 ) Alleghany County Schools (030 ) Anson County Schools (040 ) Ashe County Schools (050 ) Gender Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Ethnicity American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Hispanic White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian 57 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 5 550 88 20 388 4 18 1535 361 109 1494 24 20 3 2 130 10 7 36 26 10 392 1 32 4 2 8 10 82 1 3 649 1 66 5 5 2 1313 18 185 14 1 5 1 41 3 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 18 1 0 8 0 2 54 11 1 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Avery County Schools (060 ) Beaufort County Schools (070 ) Bertie County Schools (080 ) Bladen County Schools (090 ) Brunswick County Schools (100 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Ethnicity Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic 58 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 3 10 10 248 1 2 38 1 5 2 99 460 10 15 135 1066 29 38 497 2 140 9 2 428 1 1 31 6 368 11 2 64 15 1041 29 10 409 287 27 42 244 3 17 3 630 70 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 42 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Buncombe County Schools (110 ) Asheville City Schools (111 ) Burke County Schools (120 ) Cabarrus County Schools (130 ) Gender Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Ethnicity Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian 59 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 69 908 16 108 11 1 259 28 83 794 23 4 434 123 161 2109 12 249 9 33 55 595 20 67 152 7 11 13 69 12 26 416 6 34 141 62 63 985 3 13 8 639 138 34 591 3 17 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 13 1 0 13 5 4 45 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 3 0 23 0 2 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Kannapolis City Schools (132 ) Caldwell County Schools (140 ) Camden County Schools (150 ) Carteret County Public Schools (160 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Ethnicity Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing Asian Black Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic 60 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 20 1487 278 107 1580 7 1 239 57 7 148 2 463 141 37 395 49 17 12 311 6 2 167 53 54 956 1 39 1 16 1 36 1 25 2 3 87 1 1 47 10 17 263 7 1 173 42 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 48 14 4 81 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 3 1 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Caswell County Schools (170 ) Catawba County Schools (180 ) Hickory City Schools (181 ) Newton Conover City Schools (182 ) Gender Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Ethnicity Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White 61 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 64 914 1 150 3 1 118 286 22 23 248 2 2 1 102 25 9 346 7 24 205 96 57 925 6 2 167 13 16 79 1 5 302 44 44 186 3 43 16 5 47 1 5 162 55 12 92 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Chatham County Schools (190 ) Cherokee County Schools (200 ) Edenton/Chowan Schools (210 ) Clay County Schools (220 ) Cleveland County Schools (230 ) Columbus County Schools (240 ) Gender Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Ethnicity American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Black White Black Hispanic Multi White Hispanic White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi 62 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 6 1 59 38 10 74 2 1 197 112 30 320 2 3 6 7 74 10 4 1 163 103 14 170 1 1 61 1 7 1 1 40 710 33 519 29 5 19 1444 72 1657 69 0 11 220 11 7 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 10 0 0 0 49 5 37 0 5 1 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Whiteville City Schools (241 ) Craven County Schools (250 ) Cumberland County Schools (260 ) Currituck County Schools (270 ) Gender Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Ethnicity White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Multi White American Indian Asian Black Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian 63 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 54 31 2 492 22 10 181 35 3 4 1 1 84 1 34 15 877 20 49 348 1 8 27 1984 134 87 1086 1 197 71 16 2530 151 126 566 190 32 5778 357 272 1644 3 13 1 4 151 2 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 2 1 13 0 2 0 1 42 2 2 14 5 0 111 7 3 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Dare County Schools (280 ) Davidson County Schools (290 ) Lexington City Schools (291 ) Thomasville City Schools (292 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Ethnicity Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black 64 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 2 75 8 26 489 3 9 2 2 60 18 13 3 294 8 17 72 34 21 815 5 35 178 97 35 2671 1 20 4 159 10 53 13 1 12 327 50 142 26 1 149 19 6 31 4 2 320 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Davie County Schools (300 ) Duplin County Schools (310 ) Durham Public Schools (320 ) Edgecombe County Schools (330 ) Gender Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Ethnicity Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing 65 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 82 34 124 32 20 5 101 1 3 64 45 12 318 1 443 102 24 148 18 6 1091 482 29 570 4 4 1786 193 36 178 11 15 4425 514 131 383 909 8 7 170 5 8 2472 42 37 623 1 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 1 65 10 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Forsyth County Schools (340 ) Franklin County Schools (350 ) Gaston County Schools (360 ) Gates County Schools (370 ) Graham County Schools (380 ) Gender Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Missing Female Ethnicity Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black White Black Multi White Other/Missing American Indian 66 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 2 14 2 3403 491 163 665 38 35 7043 1361 280 1872 5 35 2 336 40 7 115 10 7 788 116 20 561 3 2 2 1116 97 26 1298 16 24 2246 215 99 3520 3 36 42 172 1 103 5 2 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 15 2 2 10 0 0 47 3 4 18 0 0 0 12 2 0 8 1 0 41 7 1 29 0 0 1 15 0 0 7 1 0 35 2 0 31 0 1 2 5 0 6 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Granville County Schools (390 ) Greene County Schools (400 ) Guilford County Schools (410 ) Halifax County Schools (420 ) Gender Female Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Ethnicity White American Indian White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White 67 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 18 3 72 1 3 374 24 13 154 22 2 1355 75 25 736 9 2 345 14 30 686 69 6 116 26 37 2807 114 168 472 1 75 113 6029 390 346 1809 3 22 442 9 6 87 1162 1 4 19 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 67 3 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 2 2 0 1 0 49 1 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Roanoke Rapids City Schools (421 ) Weldon City Schools (422 ) Harnett County Schools (430 ) Haywood County Schools (440 ) Henderson County Schools (450 ) Hertford County Schools (460 ) Gender Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Ethnicity American Indian Black Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black 68 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 4 73 12 75 1 212 17 4 282 299 1 1 535 49 32 281 4 4 1207 164 77 824 1 3 1 2 4 8 218 1 5 10 17 647 3 29 14 4 75 3 2 52 89 17 411 1 427 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 1 0 1 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Hoke County Schools (470 ) Hyde County Schools (480 ) Iredell-Statesville Schools (490 ) Mooresville City Schools (491 ) Gender Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Ethnicity Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black White Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian 69 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 3 1 21 3 2 802 1 5 67 1 18 83 307 22 11 60 206 0 668 51 34 171 14 38 21 99 6 1 41 294 66 14 418 1 53 859 216 30 1736 9 3 1 77 8 3 112 5 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 7 12 0 2 5 2 1 25 1 1 12 12 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Jackson County Schools (500 ) Johnston County Schools (510 ) Jones County Schools (520 ) Lee County Schools (530 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Ethnicity Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Multi White Asian Black Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing 70 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 277 16 14 404 25 1 2 1 78 44 7 12 5 339 7 1 718 177 52 584 13 14 4 1953 596 135 1968 21 23 2 3 2 72 1 37 3 251 58 23 142 2 5 694 304 55 480 0 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 7 0 0 0 36 5 3 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 1 2 0 0 18 13 2 12 6 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Lenoir County Public Schools (540 ) Lincoln County Schools (550 ) Macon County Schools (560 ) Madison County Schools (570 ) Martin County Schools (580 ) McDowell County Schools (590 ) Gender Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Ethnicity American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing White White American Indian Hispanic White Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black 71 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 3 633 16 5 141 2 10 1635 64 36 364 1 102 34 11 327 4 9 195 88 25 1157 1 6 16 6 1 6 71 8 5 313 69 3 354 11 9 91 3 1 821 10 10 281 3 10 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (600 ) Mitchell County Schools (610 ) Montgomery County Schools (620 ) Moore County Schools (630 ) Gender Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Ethnicity Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing Multi White Hispanic White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian 72 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 5 1 135 1 2 34 36 4 490 5 54 61 7810 728 140 837 34 74 216 16917 2117 364 2650 51 50 1 48 4 158 154 18 3 112 1 5 280 31 6 263 7 2 309 19 19 295 27 9 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 53 0 5 3 1 0 0 106 4 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 1 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (640 ) New Hanover County Schools (650 ) Northampton County Schools (660 ) Onslow County Schools (670 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Ethnicity Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi 73 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 762 106 64 776 2 2 1004 34 18 120 8 16 2501 126 45 481 1 2 8 4 1058 44 89 316 11 21 2096 119 147 1122 1 221 1 492 4 50 1 1 1228 5 102 16 3 3 289 35 77 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 28 3 1 16 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 7 0 2 14 1 0 16 0 28 0 6 0 0 1 0 33 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Orange County Schools (680 ) Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools (681 ) Pamlico County Schools (690 ) Elizabeth City/Pasquotank County(700 ) Gender Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Ethnicity White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic 74 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 295 11 14 786 138 171 1023 2 163 7 3 90 2 1 312 48 7 436 2 50 10 1 2 7 174 32 14 56 3 10 1 91 4 102 170 6 9 234 2 352 4 24 110 2 2 824 36 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 28 1 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Pender County Schools (710 ) Perquimans County Schools (720 ) Person County Schools (730 ) Pitt County Schools (740 ) Polk County Schools (750 ) Randolph County Schools (760 ) Gender Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Ethnicity Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black 75 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 53 458 2 282 15 9 194 1 2 591 95 22 751 45 3 34 109 4 107 165 2 7 65 5 429 24 31 260 9 2594 67 84 391 6 28 5605 301 138 1219 9 3 1 1 21 1 3 46 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 24 0 0 3 0 31 0 3 4 0 0 86 14 1 23 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Asheboro City Schools (761 ) Richmond County Schools (770 ) Robeson County Schools (780 ) Gender Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Ethnicity Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic 76 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 36 5 210 4 5 92 67 19 751 2 2 78 17 10 42 5 123 72 11 134 1 2 17 297 5 5 118 2 41 1 650 30 20 342 3 1 1 1363 4 1146 105 37 298 3012 22 2504 180 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 5 1 1 0 20 0 26 1 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Rockingham County Schools (790 ) Rowan-Salisbury Schools (800 ) Rutherford County Schools (810 ) Sampson County Schools (820 ) Gender Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Ethnicity Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic 77 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 72 787 2 1 1 466 23 16 461 4 6 2 1123 77 99 1507 3 1 3 10 968 83 56 727 16 16 1872 315 175 2025 132 18 7 332 318 32 57 835 2 3 303 59 18 136 35 665 289 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 9 2 0 21 6 0 2 12 12 2 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Clinton City Schools (821 ) Scotland County Schools (830 ) Stanly County Schools (840 ) Stokes County Schools (850 ) Gender Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Ethnicity Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White 78 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 67 469 413 2 180 14 5 25 11 6 359 52 11 75 6 98 643 5 6 96 7 262 8 1436 10 20 426 14 0 5 332 20 18 314 11 18 657 83 86 1394 6 21 1 7 1 4 166 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 11 1 4 0 0 6 0 1 5 1 3 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Surry County Schools (860 ) Elkin City Schools (861 ) Mount Airy City Schools (862 ) Swain County Schools (870 ) Transylvania County Schools (880 ) Tyrrell County Schools (890 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Ethnicity American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Black Hispanic Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian White American Indian Black White Asian Black Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Multi White 79 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 4 51 7 19 478 10 16 5 147 4 52 78 32 731 5 1 8 10 12 42 4 4 1 1 14 14 7 14 36 27 28 19 2 105 3 19 2 92 2 31 4 11 289 1 17 1 16 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 19 0 1 1 10 0 2 7 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 2 0 1 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Union County Public Schools (900 ) Vance County Schools (910 ) Wake County Schools (920 ) Warren County Schools (930 ) Gender Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Ethnicity Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Other/Missing Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic 80 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 55 8 2 17 20 7 838 202 640 41 11 17 1887 579 2303 147 2 922 45 120 14 6 2399 122 487 28 16 38 4303 567 180 1033 46 151 9486 1508 543 3550 8 163 16 2 34 14 1 457 13 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 5 0 0 4 0 0 15 7 23 2 2 0 63 13 72 4 1 5 0 2 1 0 28 5 7 0 1 1 160 12 6 47 2 6 555 79 28 158 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 # Expulsions 2006-07 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Washington County Schools (940 ) Watauga County Schools (950 ) Wayne County Public Schools (960 ) Wilkes County Schools (970 ) Wilson County Schools (980 ) Gender Male Male Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Female Ethnicity Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Black Multi White Black Hispanic White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Asian Black Hispanic Multi White American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing 81 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 12 56 132 2 2 25 1 206 1 27 1 5 31 1 1 4 2 167 3 1218 57 383 43 2 7 3033 217 1110 118 1 21 5 8 131 3 0 40 34 13 478 3 1 2 1276 48 164 17 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 14 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Yadkin County Schools (990 ) Yancey County Schools (995 ) River Mill Academy (01B ) Clover Garden (01C ) New Century Charter High (01D ) Crossnore Academy (06B ) Washington Montessori (07A ) Charter Day School (10A ) Gender Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Female Male Male Male Male Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Male Ethnicity American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Other/Missing Other/Missing American Indian Black Hispanic Multi White Asian Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic Multi White Black Multi White Black White White Black Multi White Other/Missing White White White Black White Black Hispanic Multi White Multi White Black 82 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 14 3124 204 640 42 1 1 4 11 6 73 1 35 60 6 191 1 2 2 48 5 13 2 169 3 2 23 1 2 7 2 3 29 1 0 0 1 6 19 15 1 4 34 1 2 4 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 30 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Evergreen Community Charter (11A ) ArtSpace Charter (11B ) F Delany New Sch for Children (11K ) Carolina International School (13A ) Cape Lookout Marine Sci High (16A ) Tiller School (16B ) Chatham Charter (19A ) Woods Charter (19B ) Maureen Joy Charter (32A ) Healthy Start Academy (32B ) Carter Community Charter (32C ) Kestrel Heights Sch (32D ) Omuteko Gwamaziima (32G ) Gender Male Male Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Missing Female Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Female Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Female Male Male Female Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Ethnicity Multi White White Black Hispanic White Hispanic White Black Multi White Other/Missing Multi White White Black Multi White Black Multi White White Black White Black Hispanic Black Hispanic White Black White Black Hispanic White Black Black White Black Black Black Black White Asian Black Hispanic White Black 83 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 2 12 7 1 3 29 1 3 5 1 7 2 1 3 6 3 2 15 5 0 16 2 5 18 1 1 2 1 3 3 6 5 1 9 13 153 1 10 3 4 55 1 1 51 6 12 23 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Research Triangle Charter (32H ) Quality Education Academy (34B ) Downtown Middle (34C ) C G Woodson Sch of Challenge (34D ) Forsyth Academies (34F ) Arts Based Elementary (34G ) A Child's Garden School (35A ) Highland Charter (36A ) Piedmont Community Charter (36B ) Greensboro Academy (41B ) Guilford Preparatory (41C ) American Renaissance Charter (49A ) American Renaissance Middle (49B ) Summit Charter (50A ) Provisions Academy (53A ) Children's Village Academy (54A ) Kinston Charter Academy (54B ) Lincoln Charter (55A ) Gender Male Female Female Male Male Missing Female Male Male Male Male Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Missing Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Female Male Male Missing Female Female Female Male Male Female Male Male Female Male Female Male Female Ethnicity Black Black Hispanic Black White Other/Missing Black Black Hispanic Multi White Black Black Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic White White White Other/Missing Black Black Multi White Black Multi White White Black Black White Other/Missing Black Multi White White White Black Black White Black Black Black Black Asian 84 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 43 9 1 21 3 9 55 89 12 1 16 1 4 32 4 4 89 14 18 3 7 6 1 5 1 4 11 2 36 4 11 38 3 5 2 1 6 15 1 6 7 1 1 15 14 24 1 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Community Charter School (60A ) Sugar Creek Charter (60B ) Kennedy Charter (60C ) Lake Norman Charter (60D ) Metrolina Reg Scholars Academy (60F ) Queen's Grant Community (60G ) Crossroads Charter High (60H ) Socrates Academy (60J ) The Academy of Moore County (63A ) Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaiss (63B ) Rocky Mount Preparatory (64A ) Cape Fear Center for Inquiry (65A ) Gaston College Preparatory (66A ) Orange Charter (68A ) Gender Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Male Male Missing Female Female Male Male Male Female Male Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Ethnicity Black White Black Hispanic White Black White Black Black Hispanic Black Black White Black Multi White White White Asian White White Asian Black Hispanic Black Hispanic White Black White Black White Black White Black Black White Black White Black Hispanic Black Black Multi White Black Hispanic Multi 85 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 1 3 2 1 26 3 2 64 167 3 4 34 1 31 1 2 1 27 1 2 4 3 117 1 157 6 3 1 1 10 1 3 3 0 3 4 44 32 15 1 15 1 1 1 2 2 1 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA PACE Academy (68N ) Arapahoe Charter School (69A ) Bethany Community Middle (79A ) Thomas Jefferson Class Academy (81A ) The Laurinburg Homework Ctr (83B ) Gray Stone Day (84B ) Millennium Charter Academy (86A ) Mountain Discovery Charter (87A ) Brevard Academy (88A ) Union Academy (90A ) Vance Charter School (91A ) Franklin Academy (92F ) SPARC Academy (92I ) Gender Male Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Female Male Male Male Female Male Male Female Male Male Female Male Male Male Male Female Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Male Ethnicity White Multi White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic White Black White Black White American Indian Black White American Indian Black White White White Black White American Indian American Indian White White Black White White Black Hispanic Multi White White Black White Black Multi White Black Hispanic Multi White Other/Missing Black Black 86 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 6 1 1 1 2 26 1 1 10 2 6 2 16 3 15 6 4 31 9 2 5 1 3 1 1 23 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 15 2 2 18 8 1 1 49 1 4 12 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Appendix: LEA and Charter School Totals of Suspensions and Expulsions--by Ethnicity and Gender LEA Raleigh Charter High (92K ) Torchlight Academy (92L ) PreEminent Charter (92M ) Community Partners Charter HS (92P ) Hope Elementary (92Q ) Casa Esperanza Montessori (92R ) Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School (93A ) Two Rivers Community (95A ) Dillard Academy (96C ) Sallie B Howard School (98A ) Gender Female Male Female Male Female Female Male Female Male Male Female Male Female Female Male Male Male Female Male Male Male Female Female Male Male Missing Ethnicity White White Black Black Black Hispanic Black White Black White Black Black Black White Black Hispanic White American Indian American Indian White Black Black Hispanic Black Hispanic Other/Missing 87 # ShortTerm Suspensions 2006-07 2 9 5 6 41 1 98 2 7 14 7 16 1 2 3 1 8 3 48 2 5 1 1 4 1 0 # LongTerm Suspensions 2006-07 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 # Expulsions 2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0