2010 - 2011 Consolidated Data Report
Crime and Violence, Suspensions and Expulsions, Use of Corporal Punishment,
Dropout Counts and Rates
General Findings
1. Crime and Violence Data
Of the 16 reportable acts of crime and violence, high schools reported 6,132 total
acts. The number of total acts reported decreased by 6.0% from 2009-10 to 2010-11.
The rate of acts reported for high school students per 1000 students in membership
decreased 10.4%. Reportable acts for grades K-13 increased from 11,608 in 200910 to 11,657 in 2010-11, 0.4% increase. Ten of the 16 acts are defined as violent
offenses. Violent offenses represented 3.2% of the total reportable acts.
Of the ten LEAs reporting the lowest rates of reportable acts, four LEAs reported
zero acts for grades 9-13. They are Camden, Graham, Pamlico, Perquimans, and
Tyrrell. The five additional LEAs reporting the lowest rates of reportable acts for
grades 9-13 are Hoke, Washington, Cherokee, Clay, and Elkin City.
LEAs with the largest 3-year decreases in rates of reportable acts were Pamlico,
Perquimans, Graham, Camden, and Polk.
LEAs reporting the highest rates of crime and violent acts for grades 9-13 are Hyde,
Swain, Forsyth, Haywood, Beaufort, Transylvania, Buncombe, Robeson, Jones, and
Watauga.
LEAs with the largest 3-year increases in rates of reportable acts were Hyde, Macon,
Scotland, *Richmond, and *Yadkin.
*reportable act rate below the state average
Gender, Race, and Age:
Reportable acts were most frequently committed by students who were 9th graders
and 16 years of age. Males committed crimes at over three times the rate of
females. Among ethnic groups, Pacific Islanders had the highest crime rate,
followed by black and American Indian students.
Reportable Acts:
The most frequently reported reportable acts in high school were 1) possession of a
controlled substance in violation of the law, 2) possession of a weapon excluding
firearms and powerful explosives, and 3) possession of an alcoholic beverage.
2. Suspensions, Expulsions, and Alternative Learning Program Data
Short-Term Suspensions
In grades 9-13, there were 129,817 short-term suspensions reported statewide in
2010-11, a decrease of 1.4% from the 2009-10 total of 131,607. On average, one
out of seven high school students receives a short-term suspension each year. High
school students who received short-term suspensions averaged about two
suspensions each and missed an average of 6.00 days of school. The average
duration of a single short-term suspension was 2.88 days. The grades 9-13 shortterm suspension rate was 3.00 suspensions per ten students.
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suspensions assigned to K-13 students declined from 277,206 in 2009-10 to 266,488
in 2010-11.
LEAs reporting the lowest rates of short-term suspensions for grades 9-13 are
Lexington City, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City, Mount Airy City, Clay, Granville, Graham,
Polk, Camden, Wilkes, and Mitchell.
LEAs with the largest 3-year decreases in short-term suspension rates are Lexington
City, Granville, Macon, Pamlico, and Madison.
LEAs reporting the highest rates of short-term suspensions for grades 9-13 are
Northampton, Greene, Weldon City, Anson, Martin, Robeson, Nash-Rocky Mount,
Whiteville City, Beaufort, and Lenoir.
LEAs with the largest 3-year increases in short-term suspension rates are *Yancey,
*Clay, *Mount Airy City, Richmond, and Whiteville City.
*suspension rate below the state average
Gender, Race, and Age:
Ninth grade students received the largest number of short-term suspensions. The
rate of short-term suspensions for male students was 2.6 times higher than for
females. Black students received the highest rate of short-term suspensions
followed by American Indians. Short-term suspension rates decreased in 2010-11
for all ethnic groups except Asian and multiracial students.
Long-Term Suspensions
High schools grades 9-13 continued a trend of declining long-term suspensions 11 or
more days. There were 1,801 high school long-term suspensions, a 10.7% decrease
from the previous year. Average school days per suspension decreased from 62.6
to 51.4. Long-term suspensions assigned to K-13 students declined from 3,368 in
2009-10 to 2,621 in 2010-11.
The number of expulsions fell from 88 in 2009-10 to 69 in 2010-11. High school
students received 43 of these expulsions.
Alternative schools and programs (ALPs) reported 14,093 (duplicated count) student
placements in 2010-11, an increase of 16.5% from 2009-10. There were 12,943 individual
students placed in ALPs over the course of the 2010-11 school year.
Gender, Race, and Age:
Males were placed in ALPs at higher rates than females, and Black students were
placed at rates higher than other ethnic groups. Ninth graders were placed in ALPs
more frequently than students at any other grade level.
There were 891 uses of corporal punishment statewide in 2010-11. Corporal
punishment was used at least once by 17 LEAs in 2010-11. Charter schools and the
remaining 98 LEAs did not use corporal punishment.
3. Dropout Counts and Rates
High schools in North Carolina reported 15,342 dropouts in 2010-2011, an 8.7% decrease
from the 16,804 reported in 2009-2010. The grades 9-13 dropout rate in 2010-2011 was
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3.43, a 12.2% decrease from the 3.75 rate posted in 2009-10. There were a total of 15,773
dropouts reported in all grades 1-13, down from 17,346 in 2009-10.
LEAs with the lowest dropout rates are Chapel Hill-Carrboro City, Pamlico, Hyde,
Dare, Clay, Whiteville City, Randolph, Union, Jackson, and Craven. (Dropout rates
from 1.19 to 2.12)
LEAs with the largest 3-year decreases in grades 9-13 dropout rates are Jackson,
Pamlico, Randolph, Whiteville City, and Madison.
LEAs reporting the highest dropout rates are Swain, Lexington City, Thomasville
City, Edenton/Chowan, Vance, Person, Kannapolis City, Scotland, Bladen, and
Granville. (Dropout rates from 6.81 down to 5.32)
LEAs with the largest 3-year rate increases were Newton Conover City, Scotland,
Edenton/Chowan, *Elkin City, and Lexington City.
*rate below the state average
Gender, Race, and Age:
All ethnic groups contributed to the decrease in the number of reported dropouts. The
dropout rate for American Indian students declined for the seventh consecutive year.
Males accounted for 60.0% of the reported dropouts. The number of students dropping
out of high school at all ages decreased.
Reason Codes:
For the first time in seven years, there is a decrease in the “Enrollment in a Community
College” dropout reason code—from 22.1% to 21.2%. Attendance issues are the reason
most often noted for a reported dropout, accounting for 43.2% of all dropouts.
4. Consolidated Report Findings
In 2010-11 there was a slight increase in the number of acts and rates of crime for all
grades K-13, however there was a significant decrease in these statistics for high
school students. The numbers and rates of dropouts, short-term suspensions, and
long-term suspensions decreased for both high school students and all students.
Males were reported at higher rates than females in all statistical areas. Ninth grade
students were reported in greater numbers than other grades on all statistics.
Clay County was on all three “top ten” lists of lowest rates of reportable acts, shortterm suspensions, and dropouts for grades 9-13. Five LEAS were on two of the
three “top ten” lists of low rates. These LEAs were Camden, Chapel Hill-Carrboro
City, Graham, Pamlico, and Polk.
Pamlico County was on all three data reports for largest 3-year decreases in rates of
reportable acts, short-term suspensions, and dropouts for grades 9-13. Three LEAs
were on two of the three lists. Those LEAs were Madison, Camden, and Jackson.
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