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Table 233.20. Percentage of public school students in grades 6 through 12 who had ever been suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1993 through 2012
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Race/ethnicity 1993 1996 1999 2003 2007 2012
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ever suspended                                                                                                            
Total 15.2   (0.50) 21.3   (0.81) 8.9   (0.60) 17.1   (0.53) 23.7   (0.82) 10.0   (0.60) 19.2   (0.54) 25.5   (0.85) 12.5   (0.59) 17.1   (0.58) 22.1   (1.01) 11.8   (0.70) 21.6   (0.98) 27.9   (1.48) 14.9   (1.02) 19.6   (0.57) 25.7   (0.89) 13.2   (0.78)
White 10.9   (0.69) 16.3   (0.91) 5.3   (0.51) 14.0   (0.59) 20.3   (0.85) 7.1   (0.63) 15.3   (0.62) 21.9   (1.10) 8.3   (0.61) 14.3   (0.71) 19.8   (1.16) 8.4   (0.78) 15.6   (0.99) 21.3   (1.43) 9.7   (1.02) 15.6   (0.70) 21.4   (1.07) 9.4   (0.90)
Black 32.5   (2.31) 42.2   (3.81) 22.7   (1.70) 32.3   (1.79) 42.2   (2.49) 22.1   (2.04) 34.5   (1.50) 39.6   (2.28) 29.8   (2.24) 27.5   (1.94) 31.2   (2.86) 23.9   (2.36) 42.8   (3.16) 49.5   (4.52) 34.7   (3.40) 38.8   (2.21) 48.3   (3.40) 29.0   (2.94)
Hispanic 16.2   (1.20) 22.0   (1.91) 9.6   (1.48) 14.5   (1.25) 19.7   (2.07) 9.3   (1.55) 19.6   (1.53) 27.1   (2.39) 10.8   (1.65) 17.7   (1.40) 22.8   (2.04) 11.9   (1.86) 21.9   (2.24) 29.7   (3.64) 14.1   (2.36) 17.3   (1.29) 22.6   (2.21) 11.8   (1.60)
Asian/Pacific Islander 9.1   (2.32) 12.8 ! (4.49) 5.3 ! (2.26) 3.0 ! (1.18) 3.6 ! (1.69)   (†) 13.0   (3.56) 19.5   (5.08)   (†) 11.9 ! (4.78) 18.6 ! (7.37)   (†) 11.6 ! (4.57)   (†) 9.3 ! (4.17) 9.5   (2.58) 11.2 ! (3.94) 7.9 ! (3.86)
Asian   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 10.8 ! (5.03)   (†)   (†) 8.6 ! (2.73) 9.5 ! (4.04)   (†)
Pacific Islander   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 15.6 ! (5.69)   (†) 14.5 ! (6.44) 33.5   (7.79) 38.9   (10.74) 24.6 ! (12.09) 35.4   (8.08) 50.1   (13.27)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 14.2 ! (5.34)   (†)   (†) 22.9 ! (7.30)   (†)   (†)
Other 31.4   (6.20) 38.7   (9.54) 25.5   (7.23) 24.2   (4.60) 31.7   (6.96) 15.5 ! (5.08) 15.5   (3.53) 19.5   (5.66) 11.2 ! (5.17) 24.4   (3.91) 25.8   (5.19) 22.6   (5.40) 24.9   (4.37) 28.6   (6.67) 20.3   (5.32) 27.2   (4.30) 35.7   (7.26) 16.9   (3.49)
                                                                                                             
Ever expelled                                                                                                            
Total 1.5   (0.16) 2.1   (0.25) 0.9   (0.19) 2.5   (0.24) 3.2   (0.39) 1.6   (0.25) 2.3   (0.23) 3.4   (0.38) 1.3   (0.27) 3.2   (0.28) 4.4   (0.48) 1.8   (0.29) 3.4   (0.54) 4.5   (0.84) 2.3   (0.52) 2.2   (0.26) 2.9   (0.46) 1.3   (0.20)
White 0.7   (0.11) 1.1   (0.17) 0.3 ! (0.14) 1.5   (0.24) 2.2   (0.42) 0.8   (0.22) 1.4   (0.23) 2.2   (0.43) 0.5 ! (0.16) 2.4   (0.30) 3.6   (0.50) 1.0 ! (0.38) 1.0   (0.19) 1.3   (0.30) 0.7 ! (0.26) 1.8   (0.21) 2.6   (0.39) 1.0   (0.21)
Black 4.4   (0.70) 6.0   (1.18) 2.7   (0.76) 5.8   (0.73) 7.4   (1.13) 4.1   (1.01) 5.9   (0.92) 8.1   (1.50) 3.8   (1.01) 7.1   (0.98) 9.1   (1.79) 5.1   (1.01) 12.8   (2.85) 16.6   (4.29) 8.2   (2.20) 4.6   (1.26) 6.9 ! (2.39) 2.2 ! (0.74)
Hispanic 2.2   (0.44) 2.6   (0.52) 1.8 ! (0.70) 3.2   (0.71) 4.1   (1.18) 2.4 ! (0.85) 2.8   (0.74) 3.8   (1.10)   (†) 2.6   (0.60) 3.6   (1.02) 1.5 ! (0.53) 3.0 ! (0.96) 3.1 ! (1.01)   (†) 1.9   (0.40) 2.0   (0.58) 1.7 ! (0.56)
Asian/Pacific Islander   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Asian   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Pacific Islander   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 3.0 ! (1.48)   (†)   (†) 3.5 ! (1.67) 6.1 ! (3.02)   (†) 2.0 ! (0.65) 1.8 ! (0.77)   (†)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: While National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) administrations prior to 2012 were administered via telephone with an interviewer, NHES:2012 used self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires that were mailed to respondents. Measurable differences in estimates between 2012 and prior years could reflect actual changes in the population, or the changes could be due to the mode change from telephone to mail. Includes both in-school and out-of-school suspensions. All information is based on parent reports. Excludes homeschooled children. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Asian and Pacific Islander data were not collected separately prior to 2007.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Safety and Discipline Survey and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (SS&D-NHES:1993 and PFI-NHES:1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2012). (This table was prepared September 2016.)

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