Table 233.40.

Percentage of students suspended and expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state: 2011-12

State	Percent receiving out-of-school suspensions1										Percent expelled2
	Total	Sex		Race/ethnicity3							Total	Sex		Race/ethnicity3
		Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races		Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
United States	6.40	8.69	3.97	4.31	15.43	5.95	1.50	3.75	7.85	6.37	0.22	0.33	0.12	0.16	0.51	0.20	0.05	0.12	0.43	0.22
Alabama	9.63	12.44	6.67	5.52	18.02	3.77	1.94	4.79	6.32	5.95	0.14	0.20	0.08	0.09	0.24	0.06	0.04	0.87	0.06	0.21
Alaska	4.99	7.10	2.72	3.69	8.69	4.61	1.93	6.41	8.29	4.60	0.07	0.11	0.03	0.05	0.25	0.11	0.05	0.20	0.07	0.06
Arizona	6.08	8.66	3.36	4.62	12.43	6.51	1.99	5.07	10.37	7.52	0.06	0.10	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.24	0.05
Arkansas	7.66	10.34	4.85	4.98	18.47	4.88	1.91	6.91	3.89	4.60	0.15	0.23	0.07	0.14	0.23	0.10	0.06	0.17	0.19	0.11
California	5.75	8.13	3.24	4.88	14.56	5.86	1.87	5.40	9.20	4.60	0.25	0.38	0.10	0.24	0.57	0.24	0.09	0.22	0.47	0.22
Colorado	4.87	6.87	2.77	3.46	11.18	6.64	2.10	4.13	8.24	5.00	0.25	0.40	0.10	0.18	0.67	0.33	0.09	0.43	0.69	0.26
Connecticut	4.61	5.97	3.17	2.20	12.40	8.18	0.84	3.78	5.94	4.80	0.24	0.35	0.12	0.16	0.55	0.36	0.04	0.00	0.26	0.20
Delaware	10.30	13.39	7.02	5.98	18.72	8.33	2.02	6.59	5.28	6.46	0.14	0.20	0.07	0.10	0.23	0.06	0.02-0.07	0.00	0.93	0.04-0.13
District of Columbia	13.17	16.38	9.95	0.88	16.42	4.84	1.70	0.44-1.32	1.80	2.13	0.22	0.30	0.15	0.02-0.05	0.28	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Florida	11.64	15.88	7.15	9.04	20.16	10.07	2.07	6.92	11.68	12.85	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.03-0.10	0.06	0.06
Georgia	8.94	11.67	6.07	4.50	16.17	5.55	1.98	8.20	6.60	7.19	0.26	0.38	0.13	0.17	0.44	0.11	0.02	0.33	0.13	0.26
Hawaii	1.37	2.13	0.54	1.17	1.56	1.45	0.45	2.04	1.78	1.10	0.01	0.02	#	0.02	0.00	0.03	#	0.02	0.00	0.00
Idaho	3.27	4.90	1.53	3.00	5.99	4.40	1.24	3.59	6.05	2.95	0.15	0.23	0.07	0.12	0.13	0.31	0.10	0.09-0.28	0.33	0.02-0.05
Illinois	5.94	7.71	4.07	3.47	15.54	5.02	1.14	3.38	5.01	5.70	0.18	0.25	0.10	0.13	0.44	0.13	0.01	0.00	0.27	0.20
Indiana	7.44	10.10	4.64	5.29	20.72	7.26	1.93	5.00	6.93	10.10	0.59	0.83	0.34	0.43	1.68	0.57	0.08	0.00	0.49	0.65
Iowa	3.64	5.02	2.17	2.68	15.30	5.54	1.35	3.37	5.17	5.76	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.00	0.04-0.12	0.05
Kansas	4.01	5.67	2.25	2.82	12.91	5.11	1.56	2.36	4.85	4.69	0.14	0.22	0.05	0.12	0.34	0.11	0.07	0.12-0.37	0.36	0.18
Kentucky	5.35	7.34	3.23	4.48	13.14	3.70	1.33	1.68	4.72	5.89	0.04	0.06	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04
Louisiana	9.49	12.43	6.39	5.68	13.99	5.17	2.10	3.92	8.72	6.35	0.83	1.18	0.46	0.43	1.31	0.34	0.12	0.00	1.05	0.33
Maine	4.01	5.75	2.15	3.95	8.17	4.94	1.55	2.60	4.88	4.08	0.06	0.10	0.02	0.06	0.11	0.14	0.04-0.11	0.00	0.00	0.05-0.16
Maryland	5.63	7.41	3.75	3.85	9.12	3.49	1.04	1.03	5.60	5.04	0.17	0.23	0.11	0.07	0.35	0.05	0.02	0.00	0.32	0.11
Massachusetts	5.00	6.80	3.11	3.51	10.82	8.89	1.58	3.63	8.10	7.64	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.12	0.07	0.03	0.00	0.26	0.02
Michigan	8.39	11.21	5.39	5.45	20.86	7.72	2.01	3.26	8.58	7.45	0.21	0.30	0.11	0.17	0.39	0.21	0.04	0.00	0.36	0.15
Minnesota	3.64	5.08	2.13	2.23	13.64	4.57	1.68	1.85	10.41	4.22	0.18	0.22	0.15	0.08	1.11	0.18	0.02	0.00	0.34	0.11
Mississippi	10.31	13.51	6.96	5.43	15.54	4.13	2.46	9.09	4.39	4.43	0.21	0.33	0.09	0.12	0.31	0.07	0.08	0.00	0.00	1.27
Missouri	7.11	9.61	4.44	4.45	20.64	5.60	1.99	4.00	6.69	6.77	0.16	0.24	0.09	0.17	0.17	0.12	0.04	0.00	0.54	0.18
Montana	4.39	6.33	2.34	3.34	5.36	4.39	1.45	3.22	11.66	3.62	0.11	0.16	0.07	0.06	0.07-0.20	0.08	0.00	0.25-0.74	0.45	0.05-0.16
Nebraska	4.64	6.38	2.78	3.21	18.34	4.86	2.25	3.57	8.77	5.47	0.22	0.30	0.13	0.15	0.87	0.21	0.13	0.26-0.77	0.31	0.32
Nevada	5.56	7.73	3.25	4.28	12.51	5.77	1.79	4.74	7.69	5.05	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.00	0.01	≤0.01	0.00	0.14	0.02
New Hampshire	5.42	7.64	3.07	5.37	13.71	7.31	1.83	2.38	3.81	2.71	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.11	0.08	0.02-0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
New Jersey	4.68	6.31	2.97	2.85	11.54	5.71	1.00	2.50	4.21	3.43	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.01	0.13	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04
New Mexico	7.25	9.49	4.89	4.93	10.87	8.07	2.48	2.63	8.31	7.23	0.22	0.33	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.19	0.15	0.00	0.66	0.35
New York	3.43	4.66	2.13	3.12	6.77	2.45	0.53	1.02	4.65	4.17	0.09	0.13	0.05	0.10	0.14	0.04	0.01	0.08	0.25	0.20
North Carolina	8.64	11.84	5.27	5.38	17.19	6.50	1.64	4.62	14.14	9.03	0.04	0.06	0.02	0.04	0.06	0.03	≤0.01	0.06-0.17	0.09	0.04
North Dakota	1.94	2.67	1.15	1.37	2.88	2.29	0.41	3.38	6.76	0.22-0.67	0.07	0.10	0.03	0.05	0.03-0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.00
Ohio	6.84	9.25	4.27	4.38	18.51	6.82	1.55	5.53	6.30	8.89	0.32	0.46	0.18	0.19	0.99	0.34	0.05	0.71	0.16	0.32
Oklahoma	5.96	8.10	3.68	4.74	15.20	7.29	1.97	5.14	4.79	3.03	1.04	1.39	0.68	0.60	4.02	1.00	0.25	0.74	0.83	1.20
Oregon	5.25	7.58	2.78	4.86	12.03	5.97	1.75	5.22	8.05	5.86	0.36	0.53	0.17	0.33	0.64	0.42	0.05	0.42	0.79	0.35
Pennsylvania	6.11	8.15	3.95	3.53	17.25	9.85	1.46	2.60	4.23	7.15	0.24	0.34	0.14	0.15	0.59	0.49	0.03	0.27	0.13	0.14
Rhode Island	8.77	11.69	5.64	6.59	16.43	12.74	4.85	9.95	14.24	8.82	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10-0.31	0.00
South Carolina	10.31	13.70	6.71	6.47	17.18	6.17	2.22	6.73	10.50	8.38	0.40	0.62	0.18	0.25	0.70	0.17	0.01-0.03	0.10-0.31	0.60	0.30
South Dakota	3.37	4.61	2.04	2.20	8.10	4.68	2.24	3.33	10.72	3.42	0.05	0.08	0.01	0.03	0.03-0.09	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.04-0.12
Tennessee	7.92	10.38	5.32	4.42	19.48	4.76	2.23	3.30	5.57	4.76	0.81	1.14	0.46	0.31	2.43	0.35	0.14	0.35	0.48	0.27
Texas	5.39	7.35	3.32	2.83	13.13	5.30	1.16	3.84	3.88	4.47	0.28	0.41	0.13	0.21	0.48	0.27	0.05	0.20	0.23	0.31
Utah	2.45	3.59	1.25	1.99	6.61	4.12	1.48	3.70	5.89	2.66	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.03	0.00	0.04	0.17	0.04
Vermont	4.53	6.34	2.60	4.51	6.99	5.40	0.83	4.49	10.71	3.41	0.07	0.12	0.01	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Virginia	6.78	9.24	4.15	4.69	14.26	4.33	1.04	3.92	6.34	5.75	0.11	0.18	0.04	0.08	0.19	0.12	0.05	0.06-0.17	0.09	0.08
Washington	5.40	7.78	2.87	4.71	11.83	6.34	1.87	7.42	9.95	6.05	0.35	0.53	0.16	0.31	0.44	0.47	0.09	0.45	0.83	0.31
West Virginia	8.43	11.62	5.00	8.08	17.68	6.58	1.85	3.64	3.68	7.02	0.24	0.35	0.11	0.23	0.37	0.23	0.05-0.15	0.00	0.00	0.11
Wisconsin	5.41	7.23	3.48	2.71	25.72	6.16	1.45	2.64	8.98	5.93	0.23	0.32	0.13	0.20	0.54	0.20	0.04	0.53	0.36	0.21
Wyoming	3.65	5.28	1.92	3.33	8.55	4.74	1.14	1.46	6.56	4.79	0.19	0.30	0.08	0.16	0.46	0.36	0.11-0.34	0.00	0.32	0.07-0.22

#Rounds to zero.

1 For students without disabilities and students with disabilities served only under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, out-of-school suspensions are instances in which a student is excluded from school for disciplinary reasons for 1 school day or longer. This does not include students who served their suspension in the school. For students with disabilities served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), out-of-school suspensions are instances in which a student is temporarily removed from his or her regular school for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center). This includes both removals in which no Individualized Education Program (IEP) services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less and removals in which IEP services continue to be provided.

2 Expulsions are actions taken by a local education agency that result in the removal of a student from his or her regular school for disciplinary purposes, with or without the continuation of educational services, for the remainder of the school year or longer in accordance with local education agency policy. Expulsions also include removals resulting from violations of the Gun Free Schools Act that are modified to less than 365 days.

3 Data by race/ethnicity exclude students with disabilities served only under Section 504 (not receiving services under IDEA).

NOTE: The percentage of students receiving a disciplinary action is calculated by dividing the cumulative number of students receiving that type of disciplinary action for the entire 2011-12 school year by the student enrollment based on a count of students taken on a single day between September 27 and December 31. Percentages based on suspension or expulsion counts of between 1 and 3 students are displayed as ranges to protect student privacy. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, "2011-12 Discipline Estimations by State" and "2011-12 Estimations for Enrollment." (This table was prepared January 2016.)