Table 17b. Percentage of public school students in grades 6 through 12 who had ever been suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007

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Table 17b.

Percentage of public school students in grades 6 through 12 who had ever been suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007

	Suspended						Expelled
Race/ethnicity	Total		Male		Female		Total		Male		Female
Total¹	21.6		27.9		14.9		3.4		4.5		2.3
White	15.6		21.3		9.7		1.0		1.3		0.7	!
Black	42.8		49.5		34.7		12.8		16.6		8.2
Hispanic	21.9		29.6		14.1		3.0	!	3.1	!	2.9	!
Asian	10.8	!	14.9	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	14.2	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	25.5		29.2		20.5		3.7	!	6.2	!	0.3	!
! Interpret data with caution. ‡ Reporting standards not met. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: All data are based on parent reports. Reporting standards for Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders were not met; therefore, data for this group are not shown on the table. 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 (NHES), 2007.