Brief
Race, Ethnicity, Gender and School Suspensions
Black students are 17 times more likely to be disciplined than their White or Hispanic classmates
Key Observations
- Hispanic students had the lowest rate of suspension of all racial/ethnic groups.
- African-American students are more likely than White students to experience repeated school suspensions.
- One fourth (25%) of the African American students had more than 11 discretionary disciplinary actions, compared to about one-fifth of Hispanic students (18%) and less than one-tenth of white students (10%).
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