Table 170.

Percentage of students suspended and expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state: 2006

State	Percent suspended																	Percent expelled
	Total		Sex				Race/ethnicity											Total			Sex						Race/ethnicity
			Male		Female		White		Black		Hispanic		Asian/ Pacific Islander		American Indian/Alaska Native						Male			Female			White			Black			Hispanic			Asian/Pacific Islander			American Indian/Alaska Native
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16			17
United States	6.9	(0.04)	9.1	(0.06)	4.5	(0.03)	4.8	(0.04)	15.0	(0.14)	6.8	(0.07)	2.7	(0.04)	7.9		(0.49)	0.21		(0.003)	0.31		(0.004)	0.11		(0.002)	0.14		(0.002)	0.47		(0.011)	0.22		(0.004)	0.07		(0.002)	0.26		(0.013)
Alabama	10.1	(0.11)	13.3	(0.15)	6.8	(#)	5.8	(0.10)	18.3	(0.32)	4.3	(0.10)	3.2	(0.14)	4.8		(0.49)	0.18		(0.003)	0.24		(0.006)	0.11		(0.002)	0.09		(0.002)	0.33		(0.009)	0.16		(0.003)	#		(†)	0.01		(0.001)
Alaska	5.9	(0.35)	8.0	(0.47)	3.6	(0.21)	4.6	(0.13)	10.0	(0.10)	5.9	(0.29)	4.6	(0.50)	8.2		(1.18)	0.13		(0.005)	0.20		(0.007)	0.07		(0.006)	0.13		(0.004)	0.45		(0.003)	0.16		(0.006)	0.13		(0.011)	0.10		(0.009)
Arizona	5.9	(0.14)	8.4	(0.19)	3.3	(0.09)	4.5	(0.10)	11.8	(0.27)	6.4	(0.14)	2.6	(0.05)	10.0		(2.19)	0.07		(0.004)	0.11		(0.008)	0.03		(0.001)	0.06		(0.008)	0.12		(0.006)	0.08		(0.004)	0.03		(#)	0.08		(0.015)
Arkansas	7.3	(0.30)	10.2	(0.43)	4.3	(0.17)	5.0	(0.28)	15.9	(0.96)	4.9	(0.48)	3.5	(0.35)	4.7		(0.63)	0.10		(0.009)	0.15		(0.012)	0.06		(0.008)	0.10		(0.010)	0.14		(0.016)	0.09	!	(0.025)	0.07	!	(0.031)	0.03		(0.002)
California	7.5	(0.18)	10.5	(0.25)	4.4	(0.12)	6.0	(0.18)	17.1	(0.82)	7.9	(0.22)	3.3	(0.13)	12.2		(2.33)	0.31		(0.010)	0.48		(0.015)	0.13		(0.005)	0.28		(0.013)	0.61		(0.030)	0.32		(0.013)	0.11		(0.006)	0.46		(0.068)
Colorado	6.0	(0.09)	8.3	(0.13)	3.7	(0.06)	4.5	(0.09)	13.2	(0.05)	8.1	(0.14)	3.2	(0.03)	8.7		(0.89)	0.28		(0.008)	0.43		(0.012)	0.12		(0.007)	0.20		(0.007)	0.56		(0.005)	0.40		(0.022)	0.12		(0.003)	0.60		(0.138)
Connecticut	6.8	(0.52)	8.9	(0.65)	4.7	(0.39)	4.0	(0.37)	17.2	(2.39)	11.4	(1.39)	2.4	(0.22)	5.2		(0.95)	0.25		(0.026)	0.36		(0.034)	0.14		(0.022)	0.13		(0.016)	0.66		(0.126)	0.45		(0.079)	0.10		(0.017)	0.15	!	(0.069)
Delaware1	10.9	(†)	13.8	(†)	7.9	(†)	6.4	(†)	20.1	(†)	9.2	(†)	3.3	(†)	5.5		(†)	0.20		(†)	0.30		(†)	0.10		(†)	0.17		(†)	0.32		(†)	0.06		(†)	0.06		(†)	0.00		(†)
District of Columbia1	0.4	(†)	0.4	(†)	0.3	(†)	0.2	(†)	0.4	(†)	0.2	(†)	0.0	(†)	0.0		(†)	0.22		(†)	0.25		(†)	0.20		(†)	0.03		(†)	0.25		(†)	0.17		(†)	0.10		(†)	0.00		(†)
Florida	10.5	(0.14)	13.4	(0.17)	7.3	(0.11)	7.9	(0.16)	19.3	(0.34)	7.7	(0.08)	2.9	(0.03)	7.2		(0.59)	0.04		(0.003)	0.06		(0.004)	0.02		(0.001)	0.04		(0.003)	0.06		(0.005)	0.02		(0.001)	0.01		(#)	0.06		(0.012)
Georgia	8.8	(0.23)	11.4	(0.29)	6.1	(0.16)	4.8	(0.21)	15.0	(0.36)	5.4	(0.27)	2.1	(0.07)	3.7		(0.21)	0.23		(0.011)	0.33		(0.017)	0.12		(0.006)	0.18		(0.013)	0.32		(0.015)	0.11		(0.011)	0.04		(0.005)	0.08	!	(0.035)
Hawaii1	5.5	(†)	7.2	(†)	3.6	(†)	4.9	(†)	7.0	(†)	5.7	(†)	5.5	(†)	6.0		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)	0.00		(†)
Idaho	3.6	(0.18)	5.3	(0.26)	1.7	(0.10)	3.3	(0.19)	3.5	(0.21)	5.1	(0.29)	1.6	(0.07)	8.6	!	(2.90)	0.09		(0.005)	0.14		(0.008)	0.03		(0.004)	0.07		(0.005)	#		(†)	0.20		(0.018)	#		(†)	0.37		(0.111)
Illinois	6.4	(0.15)	8.4	(0.20)	4.4	(0.10)	3.8	(0.17)	14.5	(0.53)	6.0	(0.19)	1.7	(0.08)	2.9		(0.41)	0.14		(0.007)	0.20		(0.008)	0.07		(0.006)	0.08		(0.011)	0.32		(0.011)	0.11		(0.004)	0.03		(0.005)	0.07		(0.008)
Indiana	7.4	(0.28)	9.9	(0.37)	4.7	(0.20)	6.0	(0.27)	17.3	(1.18)	7.4	(0.87)	1.8	(0.24)	6.1		(0.70)	0.63		(0.039)	0.85		(0.053)	0.40		(0.028)	0.54		(0.039)	1.24		(0.111)	0.70		(0.077)	0.19		(0.038)	0.60	!	(0.168)
Iowa	3.0	(0.11)	4.0	(0.14)	1.9	(0.08)	2.4	(0.11)	11.4	(0.31)	3.2	(0.27)	1.6	(0.18)	5.2		(0.25)	0.04		(0.008)	0.07		(0.013)	0.01		(0.004)	0.04		(0.008)	0.07		(0.012)	0.06	!	(0.022)	0.01		(0.001)	0.11	!	(0.074)
Kansas	5.1	(0.18)	6.9	(0.26)	3.1	(0.11)	3.8	(0.20)	14.6	(0.27)	6.6	(0.22)	2.9	(0.10)	5.8		(0.59)	0.18		(0.014)	0.25		(0.015)	0.10		(0.013)	0.12		(0.017)	0.68		(0.019)	0.19		(0.011)	0.12		(0.013)	0.20	!	(0.090)
Kentucky	6.6	(0.36)	8.7	(0.48)	4.3	(0.24)	5.8	(0.33)	13.3	(1.27)	4.0	(0.33)	1.5	(0.19)	3.8		(0.89)	0.08		(0.017)	0.11		(0.021)	0.05	!	(0.014)	0.07		(0.012)	0.18	!	(0.091)	0.01	!	(0.004)	0.03	!	(0.013)	#		(†)
Louisiana	10.3	(0.41)	13.2	(0.51)	7.3	(0.31)	7.1	(0.56)	14.6	(0.48)	4.7	(0.16)	2.6	(0.14)	6.8	!	(2.24)	0.89		(0.037)	1.23		(0.054)	0.52		(0.021)	0.45		(0.039)	1.42		(0.056)	0.47		(0.020)	0.17		(0.011)	0.39		(0.109)
Maine	4.6	(0.28)	6.6	(0.41)	2.4	(0.15)	4.5	(0.28)	9.0	(0.38)	5.7	(1.11)	2.9	(0.18)	6.4		(1.13)	0.09		(0.012)	0.13		(0.015)	0.04	!	(0.011)	0.09		(0.012)	0.09	!	(0.022)	0.05		(0.002)	0.07	!	(0.038)	#		(†)
Maryland1	7.1	(†)	8.9	(†)	5.2	(†)	5.8	(†)	8.2	(†)	12.9	(†)	2.2	(†)	8.5		(†)	0.18		(†)	0.27		(†)	0.09		(†)	0.08		(†)	0.31		(†)	0.27		(†)	0.03		(†)	0.09		(†)
Massachusetts	5.6	(0.28)	7.1	(0.35)	3.9	(0.22)	4.2	(0.25)	10.3	(0.50)	12.0	(1.18)	2.5	(0.25)	5.0		(0.63)	0.06		(0.004)	0.09		(0.006)	0.03		(0.003)	0.03		(0.005)	0.24		(0.013)	0.13		(0.009)	0.02		(0.003)	0.04		(0.003)
Michigan	8.2	(0.34)	10.8	(0.43)	5.4	(0.27)	6.1	(0.27)	17.8	(1.48)	7.4	(0.83)	2.2	(0.34)	6.8		(1.08)	0.13		(0.010)	0.19		(0.014)	0.07		(0.006)	0.09		(0.007)	0.32		(0.040)	0.15		(0.023)	0.06		(0.012)	0.12	!	(0.041)
Minnesota	3.7	(0.10)	5.0	(0.14)	2.4	(0.07)	2.4	(0.09)	14.4	(0.33)	5.4	(0.28)	2.5	(0.05)	10.0		(1.43)	0.03		(0.002)	0.05		(0.004)	0.01		(0.001)	0.02		(0.002)	0.08		(0.002)	0.04		(0.007)	0.01		(0.002)	0.14	!	(0.048)
Mississippi	10.2	(0.33)	13.3	(0.41)	7.0	(0.24)	5.5	(0.26)	14.8	(0.55)	4.3	(0.44)	3.0	(0.47)	12.7	!	(3.08)	0.29		(0.015)	0.42		(0.025)	0.16		(0.006)	0.12		(0.020)	0.46		(0.019)	0.07		(0.007)	0.08		(0.013)	0.09		(0.009)
Missouri	7.3	(0.24)	9.8	(0.32)	4.6	(0.16)	4.6	(0.19)	20.2	(1.07)	5.4	(0.32)	2.9	(0.10)	7.0		(0.51)	0.03		(0.004)	0.05		(0.005)	0.01		(0.003)	0.03		(0.005)	0.04		(0.003)	0.02		(0.001)	0.01		(#)	#		(†)
Montana	4.5	(0.18)	6.1	(0.24)	2.7	(0.12)	3.7	(0.17)	4.9	(0.27)	3.5	(0.19)	2.3	(0.16)	9.6		(1.05)	0.07		(0.007)	0.12		(0.013)	0.02		(0.005)	0.05		(0.007)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	0.24		(0.040)
Nebraska	3.7	(0.08)	4.9	(0.11)	2.4	(0.05)	2.6	(0.06)	12.6	(0.05)	5.0	(0.30)	1.9	(0.04)	6.7		(0.89)	0.23		(0.005)	0.32		(0.008)	0.12		(0.002)	0.13		(0.004)	0.92		(0.004)	0.32		(0.018)	0.13		(0.001)	0.76		(0.121)
Nevada1	7.4	(†)	9.5	(†)	5.2	(†)	5.1	(†)	15.5	(†)	8.5	(†)	3.9	(†)	6.6		(†)	0.36		(†)	0.55		(†)	0.16		(†)	0.26		(†)	0.86		(†)	0.35		(†)	0.22		(†)	0.36		(†)
New Hampshire	5.6	(0.32)	7.2	(0.46)	3.9	(0.18)	5.4	(0.33)	8.7	(0.32)	12.1	(0.23)	2.2	(0.19)	4.8		(0.45)	0.06	!	(0.021)	0.08	!	(0.024)	0.04	!	(0.020)	0.06	!	(0.021)	0.28		(0.065)	0.07		(0.001)	0.03		(0.001)	0.17		(0.011)
New Jersey	5.7	(0.26)	7.5	(0.33)	3.7	(0.19)	3.7	(0.30)	12.4	(0.79)	6.9	(0.51)	1.4	(0.13)	3.7		(0.70)	0.02	!	(0.008)	0.03	!	(0.016)	#		(†)	0.01	!	(0.006)	0.03	!	(0.009)	0.03	!	(0.015)	0.01	!	(0.008)	#		(†)
New Mexico	5.3	(0.20)	6.9	(0.26)	3.5	(0.14)	4.0	(0.19)	7.0	(0.21)	5.4	(0.31)	2.5	(0.12)	8.3		(0.47)	0.07		(0.005)	0.12		(0.009)	0.03		(0.002)	0.03		(0.003)	0.13		(0.002)	0.06		(0.006)	0.17		(0.006)	0.22		(0.030)
New York	3.8	(0.14)	5.1	(0.17)	2.5	(0.11)	3.4	(0.14)	7.3	(0.45)	2.8	(0.15)	0.7	(0.05)	4.5		(0.97)	0.03		(0.006)	0.05		(0.010)	0.01		(0.003)	0.04		(0.010)	0.04	!	(0.014)	0.01		(0.002)	#		(†)	0.07	!	(0.044)
North Carolina	10.8	(0.52)	14.3	(0.66)	7.0	(0.37)	6.5	(0.33)	20.0	(1.06)	7.2	(0.40)	2.7	(0.19)	14.9	!	(8.53)	0.14	!	(0.060)	0.21	!	(0.081)	0.07	!	(0.038)	0.04		(0.007)	0.37	!	(0.193)	0.05		(0.007)	0.03		(0.004)	0.09	!	(0.050)
North Dakota	2.2	(0.17)	2.9	(0.21)	1.4	(0.13)	1.5	(0.10)	5.0	(0.16)	3.1	(0.35)	2.0	(0.12)	8.0		(1.80)	0.02		(0.006)	0.05		(0.008)	#		(†)	0.01		(0.002)	0.05		(0.001)	#		(†)	#		(†)	0.12	!	(0.061)
Ohio	6.2	(0.24)	8.2	(0.30)	4.2	(0.17)	4.6	(0.21)	14.6	(0.99)	6.0	(0.83)	2.1	(0.24)	3.7		(0.45)	0.47		(0.020)	0.61		(0.026)	0.32		(0.014)	0.20		(0.016)	1.69		(0.091)	0.72		(0.078)	0.09		(0.014)	0.21	!	(0.038)
Oklahoma	4.9	(0.17)	6.7	(0.24)	3.0	(0.11)	3.9	(0.18)	12.1	(0.60)	5.3	(0.18)	1.8	(0.07)	4.0		(0.24)	0.34		(0.013)	0.47		(0.019)	0.21		(0.008)	0.28		(0.014)	0.94		(0.039)	0.23		(0.014)	0.16		(0.039)	0.29		(0.021)
Oregon	4.9	(0.18)	7.1	(0.26)	2.7	(0.15)	4.8	(0.19)	8.8	(0.24)	5.5	(0.37)	2.1	(0.08)	7.2		(0.57)	0.34		(0.025)	0.52		(0.044)	0.15		(0.010)	0.32		(0.026)	0.58		(0.093)	0.41		(0.015)	0.18		(0.028)	0.47		(0.070)
Pennsylvania	6.8	(0.37)	8.7	(0.45)	4.8	(0.29)	4.2	(0.23)	18.9	(1.41)	8.7	(0.79)	2.7	(0.46)	3.4		(0.64)	0.16		(0.008)	0.22		(0.011)	0.10		(0.005)	0.09		(0.007)	0.52		(0.031)	0.21		(0.017)	0.06		(0.013)	0.04		(0.002)
Rhode Island	8.4	(0.74)	10.7	(1.00)	5.9	(0.47)	6.7	(0.83)	14.6	(2.07)	12.6	(0.65)	7.2	(0.73)	11.8		(2.92)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)	#		(†)
South Carolina	11.9	(0.44)	15.1	(0.56)	8.6	(0.33)	6.9	(0.36)	19.2	(0.89)	6.5	(1.05)	2.9	(0.31)	9.6	!	(4.26)	0.73		(0.043)	1.03		(0.063)	0.40		(0.026)	0.37		(0.029)	1.26		(0.091)	0.20		(0.035)	0.19		(0.047)	0.42	!	(0.169)
South Dakota	2.7	(0.16)	3.7	(0.22)	1.6	(0.11)	1.9	(0.12)	7.1	(0.24)	4.3	(0.16)	3.0	(0.19)	6.8		(1.19)	0.11	!	(0.045)	0.16	!	(0.066)	0.05	!	(0.024)	0.04	!	(0.025)	0.08	!	(0.038)	0.20	!	(0.107)	#		(†)	0.55	!	(0.221)
Tennessee	7.2	(0.26)	9.6	(0.35)	4.8	(0.17)	5.5	(0.27)	12.8	(0.38)	5.4	(0.22)	2.7	(0.15)	3.4		(0.36)	0.32		(0.010)	0.47		(0.016)	0.15		(0.006)	0.19		(0.011)	0.70		(0.011)	0.29		(0.011)	0.17		(0.009)	0.29		(0.014)
Texas	5.6	(0.06)	7.4	(0.08)	3.6	(0.04)	2.9	(0.06)	12.7	(0.24)	5.7	(0.08)	1.6	(0.01)	3.1		(0.10)	0.26		(0.005)	0.39		(0.008)	0.13		(0.002)	0.16		(0.007)	0.58		(0.016)	0.26		(0.005)	0.08		(#)	0.20		(0.004)
Utah	3.2	(0.04)	4.5	(0.05)	1.9	(0.03)	2.4	(0.03)	7.8	(0.04)	6.7	(0.07)	4.2	(0.04)	6.9		(0.09)	0.05		(0.001)	0.07		(0.002)	0.02		(#)	0.04		(0.001)	0.22		(0.001)	0.06		(0.002)	0.09		(#)	0.19		(0.020)
Vermont	4.0	(0.18)	5.5	(0.25)	2.4	(0.12)	4.0	(0.18)	5.8	(0.50)	4.1	(0.55)	1.8	(0.23)	5.7		(0.77)	0.05	!	(0.019)	0.08	!	(0.031)	0.02	!	(0.006)	0.05	!	(0.020)	0.06	!	(0.033)	0.12	!	(0.069)	#		(†)	#		(†)
Virginia	7.2	(0.24)	9.4	(0.31)	4.9	(0.18)	4.7	(0.17)	13.9	(0.73)	5.6	(0.21)	2.1	(0.06)	4.0		(0.34)	0.09		(0.014)	0.15		(0.025)	0.03		(0.003)	0.08	!	(0.022)	0.12		(0.013)	0.09		(0.005)	0.06		(0.003)	0.10	!	(0.045)
Washington	5.9	(0.15)	8.6	(0.21)	3.2	(0.08)	5.3	(0.17)	12.0	(0.09)	7.2	(0.39)	3.7	(0.05)	11.3		(1.36)	0.34		(0.014)	0.53		(0.021)	0.14		(0.007)	0.31		(0.016)	0.48		(0.010)	0.50		(0.035)	0.16		(0.002)	0.69		(0.130)
West Virginia	10.2	(1.02)	13.8	(1.31)	6.4	(0.70)	9.7	(0.91)	21.5	(4.03)	11.2	(3.07)	2.4	(0.54)	8.2		(1.98)	0.07		(0.012)	0.09		(0.015)	0.04		(0.010)	0.07		(0.011)	0.09	!	(0.034)	0.07	!	(0.053)	#		(†)	#		(†)
Wisconsin	5.0	(0.16)	6.3	(0.20)	3.6	(0.13)	2.7	(0.12)	19.7	(0.60)	7.5	(0.18)	2.1	(0.07)	13.5	!	(5.23)	0.17		(0.008)	0.23		(0.012)	0.10		(0.006)	0.12		(0.009)	0.47		(0.016)	0.22		(0.020)	0.06		(0.008)	0.30	!	(0.105)
Wyoming	2.8	(0.34)	4.0	(0.33)	1.6	(0.88)	2.7	(0.34)	3.2	(0.26)	3.1	(0.43)	1.7	(0.26)	6.4	!	(1.37)	0.11		(0.018)	0.18		(0.027)	0.03	!	(0.010)	0.11		(0.021)	0.23		(0.006)	0.09		(0.005)	0.10		(0.007)	#		(†)

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution.

1 Data are based on universe counts of schools and school districts; therefore, these figures do not have standard errors.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection: 2006. (This table was prepared May 2008.)