Percentage of students suspended and expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2020-21

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Table 233.40.Percentage of students suspended and expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2020-21
State or jurisdiction	Percent who received out-of-school suspensions¹										Percent expelled²
	Total	Sex		Race/ethnicity³							Total	Sex		Race/ethnicity³
	Total	Male	Female	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	White	Two or more races	Total	Male	Female	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	White	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	1.32	1.83	0.79	1.84	0.18	2.32	0.80	0.85	1.42	1.13	0.06	0.08	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.10	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06
Alabama	3.32	4.47	2.10	2.63	0.72	5.71	1.47	1.40	2.45	1.36	0.14	0.21	0.07	0.13	0.05	0.22	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.06
Alaska	1.28	1.77	0.73	1.98	0.37	1.39	1.11	0.74	0.87	0.99	0.01	0.01	#	0.02	0.01	0.03	0	0	0.01	0
Arizona	1.84	2.62	1.03	1.21	0.50	3.24	1.52	2.17	2.06	1.70	0.01	0.01	#	0.02	#	#	0.01	0	0.01	0.01
Arkansas	4.21	5.50	2.85	3.94	1.26	7.16	3.99	4.27	3.23	3.89	0.23	0.32	0.14	0.25	0.06	0.61	0.14	0.24	0.14	0.19
California	0.18	0.27	0.09	0.73	0.06	0.24	0.14	0.18	0.30	0.18	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	#	#	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Colorado	1.35	1.95	0.71	1.74	0.29	1.46	1.48	0.87	1.31	1.02	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.03
Connecticut	0.73	1.02	0.41	0.70	0.19	1.36	0.82	0.67	0.55	0.77	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.13	0.02	0.06	0.04	0	0.03	0.02
Delaware	0.54	0.81	0.27	0.17	0.07	0.82	0.40	0.49	0.43	0.63	0.02	0.04	#	0.52	0	0.05	#	0	0.01	0.02
District of Columbia	0.03	0.05	0.01	0	0.07	0.03	0.01	0	0.02	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	2.03	2.73	1.29	1.82	0.33	2.83	1.21	1.10	2.36	1.99	0.10	0.14	0.07	0.10	0.02	0.15	0.07	0.08	0.12	0.15
Georgia	2.26	3.09	1.38	1.78	0.31	2.77	1.58	0.97	2.24	1.93	0.18	0.25	0.11	0.15	0.03	0.19	0.12	0.23	0.22	0.20
Hawaii	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Idaho	1.57	2.17	0.93	2.87	0.57	2.34	2.01	2.11	1.43	1.21	0.15	0.17	0.13	0.11	0.03	0.19	0.12	0.55	0.16	0.28
Illinois	0.50	0.70	0.29	0.28	0.07	0.58	0.24	0.35	0.64	0.65	0.02	0.03	0.01	0	#	0.02	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.04
Indiana	2.77	3.90	1.57	2.48	1.00	4.21	1.96	1.44	2.63	2.68	0.15	0.20	0.09	0	0.05	0.11	0.12	0	0.16	0.15
Iowa	2.28	3.12	1.39	3.38	0.85	5.99	2.08	3.17	1.92	1.09	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.02	0.14	0.03	0	0.02	0.03
Kansas	2.19	3.09	1.24	1.96	0.47	4.29	2.03	2.11	2.05	1.88	0.05	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.10	0.06	0.05
Kentucky	0.98	1.39	0.55	1.03	0.16	1.15	0.77	1.46	0.97	1.11	0.02	0.03	0.01	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0.03	0.01
Louisiana	3.83	5.18	2.42	3.72	1.00	5.13	2.59	1.68	2.89	2.54	0.26	0.37	0.16	0.27	0.05	0.36	0.17	0	0.19	0.25
Maine	1.25	1.73	0.74	2.96	0.42	0.91	1.13	0	1.29	0.50	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.09	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
Maryland	0.11	0.16	0.06	0	0.01	0.10	0.05	0.15	0.16	0.18	#	#	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	0
Massachusetts	0.59	0.83	0.34	0.89	0.20	0.79	0.60	0.12	0.57	0.72	0.01	0.01	#	0	0	#	0.01	0	0.01	0
Michigan	1.68	2.37	0.95	3.68	0.32	1.41	1.73	0.66	1.78	1.35	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.05	0	0.02	0.04	0	0.04	0.05
Minnesota	0.76	1.07	0.43	1.85	0.13	1.31	0.74	0.32	0.67	0.80	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.22	0.01	#
Mississippi	4.28	5.80	2.70	4.53	0.98	5.17	2.63	2.94	3.58	2.61	0.18	0.26	0.09	0.10	0	0.19	0.08	0.65	0.18	0.11
Missouri	2.40	3.39	1.35	2.86	0.41	2.67	1.70	2.73	2.41	2.10	0.08	0.12	0.04	0	0.01	0.06	0.02	0.03	0.09	0.10
Montana	2.04	2.86	1.16	3.19	0.37	2.11	2.16	2.00	1.83	1.61	0.05	0.07	0.03	0.08	0	0	0.03	0	0.05	0
Nebraska	2.76	3.79	1.66	3.57	0.95	6.50	2.92	3.53	2.24	3.04	0.09	0.13	0.04	0.12	0.06	0.20	0.11	0	0.07	0.08
Nevada	0.39	0.55	0.22	1.55	0.05	0.17	0.35	0.24	0.54	0.29	0.01	0.01	#	0.05	0	0.01	#	0	0.01	#
New Hampshire	1.75	2.47	1.00	2.12	0.36	2.95	2.35	0.62	1.73	1.04	#	#	#	0	0	0	0	0	#	0
New Jersey	0.34	0.50	0.17	0.26	0.08	0.50	0.30	0.22	0.36	0.31	#	#	#	0	0	#	#	0	#	0
New Mexico	0.58	0.74	0.41	0.32	0.10	0.83	0.62	0.51	0.58	0.34	0.03	0.03	0.02	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.01	0.01
New York	0.66	0.92	0.38	0.44	0.09	0.64	0.38	0.15	0.95	0.67	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.01	#	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03
North Carolina	0.92	1.33	0.50	0.55	0.11	1.28	0.58	0.39	0.91	1.06	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	0	0.01	0.02
North Dakota	2.04	2.79	1.24	3.45	0.76	4.41	3.39	3.09	1.58	0.70	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.10	0	0.06	0.03	0	0.02	0.03
Ohio	2.06	2.79	1.28	1.89	0.43	2.62	1.72	2.04	1.95	2.07	0.06	0.08	0.04	0	0.02	0.08	0.05	0.25	0.06	0.08
Oklahoma	2.46	3.39	1.47	2.74	0.49	4.96	1.58	2.70	2.39	1.55	0.13	0.17	0.09	0.15	0.09	0.16	0.06	0.07	0.15	0.14
Oregon	0.41	0.58	0.23	0.87	0.06	0.15	0.30	0.14	0.48	0.28	0.01	0.02	#	0.02	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0.02
Pennsylvania	1.07	1.51	0.59	1.61	0.21	1.22	0.83	1.03	1.09	1.15	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.07	#	0.03	0.02	0	0.03	0.04
Rhode Island	0.75	1.08	0.41	1.50	0.33	0.88	0.61	0.50	0.78	0.94	#	0.01	#	0	0	0.03	#	0	0	0
South Carolina	3.99	5.44	2.47	3.91	0.75	5.83	2.98	3.36	3.05	2.90	0.13	0.18	0.07	0.19	0.04	0.18	0.08	0	0.10	0.16
South Dakota	2.17	3.02	1.26	3.60	1.29	6.28	3.31	1.02	1.53	2.10	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.02	0	0.04	0.04	0	0.02	0.04
Tennessee	1.59	2.22	0.93	1.54	0.34	1.90	0.97	1.48	1.63	1.28	0.20	0.28	0.11	0.34	0.03	0.22	0.14	0.18	0.21	0.19
Texas	1.29	1.72	0.84	1.22	0.21	2.74	1.06	1.14	1.20	1.25	0.08	0.12	0.05	0.15	0.02	0.12	0.08	0.05	0.09	0.11
Utah	1.56	2.23	0.85	2.10	1.09	3.97	2.54	2.15	1.24	1.41	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.17	0.07	0.11	0.02	#
Vermont	1.14	1.62	0.62	0	0.22	1.27	0.84	0	1.19	0.48	0.04	0.06	0.01	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.04	0
Virginia	0.43	0.62	0.23	0.56	0.05	0.51	0.22	0.15	0.52	0.40	#	#	#	0	0	#	#	0	#	#
Washington	0.31	0.45	0.15	0.49	0.04	0.26	0.36	0.17	0.33	0.25	0.07	0.09	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.02	0.08	0.07
West Virginia	2.34	3.27	1.35	2.31	0.49	4.65	1.56	1.53	2.24	2.20	0.06	0.09	0.03	0	0	0.07	0	0	0.06	0.02
Wisconsin	1.36	1.96	0.72	2.66	0.28	1.60	1.22	0.93	1.34	1.44	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.02	0	0.03	0.02
Wyoming	3.20	4.46	1.85	2.37	1.14	6.79	4.77	1.05	2.85	2.78	0.22	0.30	0.13	0.23	0	0.79	0.44	0	0.17	0.19
Other jurisdictions
Puerto Rico	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
#Rounds to zero.
‡Suppressed due to data quality concerns.
¹An out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a student is temporarily removed from his or her regular school (either in person or virtual) for disciplinary purposes for at least half a day (but less than the remainder of the school year) to another setting (e.g., home or behavior center). Out-of-school suspensions include removals with or without the continuation of educational services.
²Expulsions are actions taken by a local education agency to remove a student from his or her regular school (either in person or virtual) 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.
³Data by race/ethnicity exclude students with disabilities served only under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (i.e., those not receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
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 2020-21 school year by the student enrollment based on a count of students taken on a single day between September 27 and December 31. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), 2020-21. (This table was prepared February 2024.)

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