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Table 152. Number and percentage of students expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state: 2004
State Number of students Percent of students
Total Sex Race/ethnicity Total Sex Race/ethnicity
Male Female White Black Hispanic Male Female White Black Hispanic
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 106,222   (1,974.2) 79,193   (1,393.0) 27,029   (629.7) 44,501   (1,023.2) 36,665   (817.3) 21,346   (581.5) 0.22 0.32 0.12 0.16 0.45 0.23
Alabama 722   (11.9) 510   (9.6) 212   (4.3) 177   (6.2) 523   (9.7) 21   (1.3) 0.10 0.13 0.06 0.04 0.19 0.11
Alaska 281   (69.8) 205   (33.5) 76 ! (36.3) 125   (27.9) 26   (#) 5   (#) 0.21 0.30 0.12 0.17 0.42 0.09
Arizona 1,484   (76.1) 1,185   (59.6) 299   (17.9) 534   (43.8) 125   (8.4) 725   (31.2) 0.15 0.24 0.06 0.12 0.26 0.18
Arkansas 880   (50.1) 601   (41.7) 279   (13.5) 438   (40.0) 178   (25.5) 249   (4.6) 0.17 0.23 0.11 0.12 0.16 0.76
California 19,063   (831.6) 15,121   (629.1) 3,942   (218.3) 5,964   (359.5) 2,849   (147.5) 9,018   (411.1) 0.30 0.47 0.13 0.29 0.59 0.30
                                                 
Colorado 2,090   (38.2) 1,664   (31.8) 426   (12.3) 960   (22.8) 260   (5.5) 798   (22.0) 0.28 0.43 0.12 0.20 0.58 0.41
Connecticut 1,177   (144.7) 954   (118.4) 223   (33.9) 506   (84.9) 392   (76.3) 260   (40.2) 0.22 0.35 0.09 0.14 0.54 0.33
Delaware1 312   (†) 191   (†) 121   (†) 144   (†) 139   (†) 27   (†) 0.28 0.33 0.22 0.23 0.39 0.27
District of Columbia   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Florida 759   (22.9) 572   (18.7) 187   (7.7) 376   (10.7) 262   (11.3) 113   (4.7) 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.02
                                                 
Georgia 5,722   (1,111.7) 3,957   (687.2) 1,765   (428.6) 2,172   (480.4) 3,172   (530.9) 358 ! (135.6) 0.37 0.50 0.23 0.29 0.51 0.30
Hawaii   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Idaho 536   (93.1) 410   (71.7) 126   (21.9) 431   (84.6) 9   (2.0) 85   (13.2) 0.21 0.31 0.10 0.20 0.40 0.25
Illinois 2,555   (132.6) 1,691   (99.4) 864   (44.1) 925   (70.5) 1,175   (86.1) 412   (19.3) 0.12 0.16 0.08 0.08 0.28 0.11
Indiana 7,017   (450.1) 5,064   (320.0) 1,953   (142.3) 4,719   (321.7) 1,722   (181.0) 534   (91.1) 0.67 0.47 0.38 0.56 1.19 0.92
                                                 
Iowa 413 ! (154.6) 289 ! (105.0) 124 ! (52.2) 360 ! (143.5) 30   (6.9) 15 ! (5.4) 0.08 0.12 0.05 0.09 0.12 0.05
Kansas 627   (45.3) 491   (36.9) 136   (10.4) 409   (42.8) 117   (2.2) 91   (5.5) 0.14 0.21 0.06 0.12 0.28 0.17
Kentucky 522   (91.6) 382   (63.0) 140 ! (38.1) 385   (75.7) 112   (27.7) 19   (4.7) 0.08 0.11 0.04 0.07 0.15 0.14
Louisiana 6,160   (287.4) 4,223   (187.3) 1,937   (101.8) 1,424   (84.5) 4,578   (217.7) 89   (2.5) 0.85 1.14 0.55 0.40 1.35 0.59
Maine 121   (21.2) 89   (16.1) 32   (6.7) 119   (21.1) 2 ! (0.8) #   (†) 0.06 0.09 0.04 0.07 0.05 #
                                                 
Maryland1 1,743   (†) 1,277   (†) 466   (†) 502   (†) 1,158   (†) 63   (†) 0.21 0.29 0.11 0.12 0.36 0.11
Massachusetts 778   (104.0) 610   (81.3) 168   (24.8) 452   (93.6) 169   (10.2) 136   (12.0) 0.08 0.13 0.04 0.07 0.19 0.11
Michigan 2,071   (182.4) 1,627   (140.0) 444   (47.4) 1,233   (138.9) 708   (72.8) 95   (19.6) 0.12 0.19 0.05 0.10 0.24 0.14
Minnesota 877   (45.1) 635   (34.6) 242   (19.2) 392   (28.0) 343   (36.3) 66   (3.9) 0.10 0.14 0.05 0.05 0.47 0.16
Mississippi 1,253   (179.7) 958   (139.4) 295   (41.4) 407   (37.5) 836   (163.5) 5   (#) 0.25 0.37 0.12 0.18 0.31 0.08
                                                 
Missouri 1,052 ! (278.2) 702 ! (188.5) 350 ! (90.1) 478 ! (163.7) 536   (113.2) 19   (1.7) 0.12 0.15 0.08 0.07 0.34 0.07
Montana 169   (23.3) 150   (22.6) 19   (3.9) 114   (19.5) 5 ! (2.9) #   (†) 0.11 0.19 0.03 0.09 0.41 #
Nebraska 660   (25.7) 506   (22.5) 154   (4.0) 351   (16.3) 168   (0.7) 107   (8.5) 0.23 0.35 0.11 0.16 0.84 0.36
Nevada 1,181   (8.7) 905   (5.2) 276   (3.5) 409   (8.7) 344   (0.9) 366   (0.9) 0.30 0.46 0.14 0.20 0.85 0.30
New Hampshire 56   (6.6) 43   (6.1) 13   (2.0) 49   (6.6) 1   (#) 2   (#) 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.04
                                                 
New Jersey 387 ! (162.3) 301 ! (125.9) 86 ! (36.5) 17   (4.1) 295 ! (136.4) 74 ! (26.4) 0.03 0.05 0.01 # 0.13 0.03
New Mexico 687   (17.1) 507   (14.8) 180   (4.1) 119   (4.0) 25   (#) 377   (14.3) 0.20 0.29 0.11 0.11 0.31 0.21
New York 3,977   (307.5) 2,774   (218.5) 1,203   (100.2) 1,367   (235.6) 2,136   (45.3) 411   (37.6) 0.14 0.19 0.09 0.09 0.38 0.07
North Carolina 2,012 ! (579.0) 1,540 ! (468.4) 472   (113.2) 636 ! (207.7) 1,174 ! (295.8) 193 ! (83.8) 0.14 0.21 0.07 0.08 0.26 0.17
North Dakota 44 ! (11.7) 35   (8.6) 9 ! (4.1) 38 ! (11.1) 2 ! (1.1) #   (†) 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.04 0.14 #
                                                 
Ohio 4,828   (307.1) 3,415   (211.5) 1,413   (103.4) 2,749   (229.2) 1,923   (180.2) 123   (13.7) 0.27 0.37 0.16 0.19 0.64 0.34
Oklahoma 3,235   (569.0) 2,382   (429.7) 853   (142.5) 1,618   (354.6) 911   (108.3) 245   (42.1) 0.52 0.74 0.28 0.43 1.43 0.52
Oregon 2,222   (163.9) 1,772   (129.3) 450   (46.1) 1,721   (155.3) 99   (3.8) 293   (13.2) 0.40 0.62 0.17 0.41 0.60 0.39
Pennsylvania 3,528   (225.8) 2,560   (154.6) 968   (80.3) 1,449   (184.2) 1,652   (58.6) 412   (67.7) 0.20 0.28 0.11 0.11 0.69 0.40
Rhode Island 61   (13.0) 42   (9.4) 19 ! (4.8) 38 ! (9.8) 8 ! (2.6) 13 ! (4.0) 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.06
                                                 
South Carolina 4,780   (293.0) 3,666   (224.4) 1,114   (74.3) 1,477   (90.7) 3,158   (212.5) 128 ! (42.9) 0.69 1.04 0.33 0.38 1.18 0.50
South Dakota 128 ! (50.8) 77 ! (23.3) 51 ! (28.5) 39 ! (11.8) #   (†) #   (†) 0.10 0.11 0.08 0.04 # #
Tennessee 4,354   (272.3) 3,251   (206.9) 1,103   (69.9) 1,477   (150.3) 2,747   (119.2) 89   (11.7) 0.44 0.64 0.23 0.21 1.15 0.28
Texas 8,316   (469.1) 6,207   (306.0) 2,109   (170.7) 2,359   (166.0) 1,488   (69.7) 4,353   (344.1) 0.19 0.28 0.10 0.14 0.25 0.23
Utah 266   (55.4) 188   (36.6) 78   (19.3) 198   (48.3) 5 ! (1.5) 41   (6.0) 0.05 0.07 0.03 0.05 0.11 0.09
                                                 
Vermont 21   (3.6) 16   (2.8) 5 ! (1.4) 21   (3.6) #   (†) #   (†) 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.02 # #
Virginia 1,328   (163.0) 1,011   (126.9) 317   (38.3) 712   (144.9) 443   (51.8) 139   (6.3) 0.11 0.17 0.06 0.10 0.15 0.16
Washington 3,618   (220.7) 2,862   (172.5) 756   (57.7) 2,316   (187.1) 346   (5.4) 617   (38.0) 0.35 0.54 0.15 0.32 0.60 0.49
West Virginia 522   (87.5) 355   (59.8) 167   (29.8) 486   (78.5) 30 ! (10.4) 3 ! (2.6) 0.19 0.25 0.13 0.19 0.22 0.15
Wisconsin 1,523   (91.9) 1,140   (78.3) 383   (34.5) 1,025   (82.3) 283   (5.0) 146   (14.7) 0.17 0.24 0.09 0.14 0.32 0.27
Wyoming 105 ! (27.2) 81 ! (20.8) 24 ! (9.0) 82 ! (21.5) 1   (#) 7 ! (2.9) 0.12 0.17 0.06 0.11 0.08 0.10
— Not available.
† 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: 2004. (This table was prepared June 2007.)

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