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| Table 14. | Percentage of public school students in 9th through 12th grade who had ever been suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: 1999, 2003, and 2007 |
| Race/ethnicity | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| Suspended | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total1 | 22.0 | 28.5 | 15.4 | 20.4 | 25.5 | 14.9 | 24.5 | 31.7 | 16.9 | |||||||||
| White | 18.2 | 25.3 | 10.7 | 18.1 | 24.7 | 11.2 | 17.7 | 24.1 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| Black | 37.0 | 40.9 | 33.6 | 30.2 | 33.1 | 27.2 | 49.0 | 57.0 | 38.5 | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 22.7 | 30.1 | 14.1 | 21.9 | 25.4 | 17.9 | 26.5 | 35.5 | 17.3 | |||||||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 18.4 | 28.1 | ‡ | 11.6 | ! | 17.6 | ! | ‡ | 12.8 | ! | ‡ | 19.4 | ! | |||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 36.3 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| Two or more races | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 29.1 | 32.8 | 23.2 | ! | ||||||||
| Expelled | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 1.9 | ! | ||||||||
| White | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | ! | 3.2 | 4.9 | 1.3 | ! | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | ! | ||||||
| Black | 6.5 | 8.3 | 4.9 | ! | 8.5 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 10.3 | 14.6 | ! | 4.6 | ! | ||||||
| Hispanic | 4.5 | ! | 6.0 | ! | ‡ | 3.6 | 4.9 | 2.2 | ! | 4.1 | ! | 3.4 | ! | ‡ | ||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | # | # | # | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| Two or more races | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES), 1999, 2003, and 2007. |