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7,181 students received at least one out-of-school suspension, 613 received at least one
in-school suspension and 100 were expelled.
Most suspensions and expulsions happened in middle school and 9th grades, the same
transition that is a major focus area for schools to ensure high school graduation. In
SY15-16, more than one out of five 7th and 8th graders were suspended, almost one in
five 9th graders were suspended.
Black students accounted for over 95% of expulsions (vs. less than 70% of enrolled
students), and were 8 times more likely to be suspended than white students, plus
more likely to be suspended more than once and for more days at a time.
Students with disabilities and students “at-risk” of academic failure were 1.6 and 1.5
times as likely to be suspended, respectively. In SY15-16, economically disadvantaged
students were twice as likely to be suspended, as were students who attended more
than one school.
Discipline actions for violence are going down, but for subjective reasons are going up.
51.6% of students receiving out-of-school suspensions were “truant” vs. 27.5% of peers,
and the “truancy” rate went from 43.2% to 53% before and after initial out-of-school
suspension. These are students already not attending school and they are even less
likely to after the suspension. The longer the suspension, the more those two rates
increase. Schools reported 390 out-of-school suspensions pertaining to attendance
(absence, tardy, skipping), up from 264 in SY15-16.
Read OSSE’s full SY2016-2017 report here